Woman Killed While Trying to Cross Train Tracks

OLIVETTE, MO (KTVI - FOX2now.com) —

 



An elderly woman has died after her car was hit by a train. Police say it happened around 10:20 a.m. at Diehlman Road, just south of Page Avenue outside the Olivette, Missouri, city limits. St. Louis County police say the woman may have been trying to cross the tracks while the train was backing up. The train, about five or six cars long, backed into the car.

Officials say the accident appears to be accidental and that the train driver did not do anything wrong. It appears the woman tried to go around or did not see the flashing signals. There are no gates a the rail crossing.

Diehlman was shut down at the railroad crossing right at the Olivette city limits.

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