Three people died and another was injured in a crash in Augusta County, VirginiaMonday night involving a train and a passenger car, according to officials.
Virginia State Police said a 15-passenger van with four passengers was traveling from a solar panel job site in Stuarts Draft, Va., when it was struck on the driver’s side of the vehicle shortly after 8 p.m. by a Norfolk Southern train traveling toward the city. of Waynesboro, WHSV reported.
Two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene at 8:13 p.m. by Stuart’s Draft Rescue Squad, according to the release. Another female passenger was transported to Augusta Health for treatment of her injuries.
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Three people were killed and another injured in a crash in Augusta County, Va., Monday night involving a train and a passenger car. (Getty Images)
The accident happened at the intersection of the train tracks and a private road in the 100 block of Wayne Ave., police said. The first call came at 8:08 p.m
“The witnesses, they just heard the train honking their horn,” police say. CJ Aikens told WVIR. “They looked up, they just saw the effect.”
The police talked to the train’s conductor and engineer and concluded that it does not appear that the train exceeded normal speed.
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Two men and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene while another female passenger was transported to Augusta Health for her injuries. (Virginia State Police)
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The identities of the victims have not yet been released The police are working to notify their families.
The incident is still under investigation.