Romania: woman, 3 children killed crossing railway line
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Romanian authorities say a woman and her three young children were killed when they were struck by a high-speed train.
Alice Grasu, a spokeswoman for the Bucharest ambulance service, said the 30-year-old woman was crossing the line near a village east of Bucharest Thursday morning, with her children, ages 10, 5 and 2, when the incident occurred.
The CFR Calatori railway company said the train was traveling from Bucharest to the Black Sea port of Constanta at a speed of about 160 kph (100 mph) when it struck the group near the village of Branesti.
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Authorities found three bodies under the train. One child was thrown away from the railway line. Authorities have not ruled out suicide.
The line was closed for three hours.