Virginia train crash with passenger van leaves 3 people dead, 1 other injured
The victims' identities have not yet been released as police work to notify their families
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Three people were killed and one other was injured in a crash in Augusta County, Virginia, Monday night involving a train and a passenger van, according to officials.
Virginia State Police said a 15-passenger van carrying four passengers was traveling from a solar panel work site in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, 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 one woman were pronounced dead at the scene at 8:13 p.m. by the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad, according to the outlet. Another woman passenger was transported to Augusta Health to treat her injuries.
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The crash happened at the intersection between the train tracks and a private road on the 100 block of Wayne Ave., police said. The initial call came at 8:08 p.m.
"Witnesses, they just heard the train toot their horn," police Sgt. C.J. Aikens told WVIR. "They looked up, they just saw the impact."
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Police spoke with the train's conductor and engineer and concluded that it does not appear the train was exceeding normal speed.
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The victims' identities have not yet been released as police work to notify their families.
The incident remains under investigation.