St. Louis Woman Killed in Vehicle versus Train Accident
A St. Louis woman died after her truck was hit by an Amtrak train as she tried to cross railroad tracks. According to this news report, the woman was on her way to conduct soil tests at a pipeline construction site when she was hit by an eastbound Amtrak train in Hartford. She was pregnant at the time of the train accident. No one in the train was injured.
The crossing where this auto accident occurred is marked but has no lights or gates, according to the news report. Some say it is tough to see approaching trains at the crossing because of vegetation, but Hartford police say they haven't had a train accident at that crossing in 25 years. The fatal accident is still under investigation.
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