5 Dead, Including 3 Children, After Train Hits Van In Colorado
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (AP/KDKA) - Authorities are investigating after an Amtrak train collided with a van killing five people, including three children, in Colorado on Sunday morning.
The Colorado State Patrol released a statement saying a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country failed to yield right of way to the train and was struck at 9:45 a.m. just outside Trinidad. The van's driver and three of the six passengers died at the scene. A fifth passenger was taken to a hospital and declared dead.
CBS Denver reports that one of the occupants was flown to Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora with serious injuries.
Authorities will release the names of the van's occupants once relatives are notified.
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An Amtrak spokeswoman tells the station that more than 280 passengers were on board at the time of the crash. No one on the train was injured.
The Denver Post reports that the spokeswoman says the Southwest Chief train, which travels between Chicago and Los Angeles, resumed its route at 5 p.m.
Authorities are investigating but neither alcohol nor drug use is suspected.
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