An Amtrak train struck a passenger car, killing two elementary school students. The woman driving the car suffered extensive injuries and was taken to a hospital.
The fatal crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday at a railroad crossing on Wolf Road in downtown Western Springs. Western Springs officials confirmed that the crossing gates were working and lowered at the time of the collision. After an investigation that lasted several hours, rail traffic in the area was restored. The impact set the car on fire and left it severely damaged. Police said none of the 35 people on the train were injured.
Pleasantdale School District 107 confirmed that the two children who died were elementary school students. The ages and genders of the students who were killed have not been released.
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Source: Polski.FM
