America: Van Collides With Goods Train At Crossing, Five Dead
A horrific train accident occurred on Friday near Biloxi, America. A total of five people, including five members of a family, were killed in a collision between a freight train and a van in Wiggins. A 23-year-old woman traveling in the van is seriously injured. The railway company has expressed condolences to the families of the victims. The Stone County Sheriff's Office is investigating the incident.
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Digital Desk, New Delhi. A major rail accident occurred on Friday near the US city of Biloxi, where a freight train and a van of Canadian Pacific Kansas City collided at a rail crossing. Five people including the van driver died in this accident.
The crash occurred at a rail crossing in rural Mississippi near the town of Wiggins, about 72 kilometers northwest of Biloxi, officials said. Five people died in the accident. The deceased include the driver of the van and a woman and her two daughters from the same family.
The crash killed 26-year-old Van Chal, 45-year-old Christina Carver, Carver's two daughters, 22-year-old Emily Chamblee and 20-year-old Sarabeth Chamblee, and 19-year-old Demarcus Perkins. Only a 23-year-old woman in the van survived the accident, who has been admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
no one on the train was hurt
The accident occurred when a Canadian Pacific Kansas City freight train collided with a vehicle at a rail crossing, the railway said in a statement. At the same time, no one aboard the train was injured in this accident.
"Our deepest condolences go out to the families of the victims of this tragedy," the railway company said. The Stone County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash. (With inputs from news agency AP)