4 dead in Chicago suburb after SUV hits freight train

4 folks died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit a transferring freight practice at a crossing and caught hearth, an official stated.

The Dodge Durango struck the CSX practice about 2 a.m. at a crossing on the east facet of Harvey, a south suburban neighborhood, killing the car’s 4 occupants, stated Jason Baumann, a spokesman for the town of Harvey.

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“It drove into the freight practice,” he stated, including that the crash stays underneath investigation.

Baumann stated the our bodies of the 4 folks had been faraway from the SUV and can be recognized by the coroner.

He stated emergency crews in Phoenix, a Prepare dinner County village simply east of Harvey, had been alerted by a passerby {that a} car was on hearth. He stated it wasn’t clear if that particular person had witnessed the crash or had solely seen the burning SUV following the impression.

Baumann stated it wasn’t instantly clear whether or not or the place the practice stopped after the collision, however when he arrived on the crash scene about 4 a.m. there was no practice on the crossing and CSX employees had been changing crossing gates on the scene.

A message in search of remark from CSX was left Wednesday morning by The Related Press.