LAS ANIMAS COUNTY, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the deadly crash between a minivan and an Amtrak train in Colorado (all times local):
10:45 a.m.
A 4-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a crash between a minivan and an Amtrak train that killed her parents and three sisters in southern Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol says the girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after the train headed from Chicago to Los Angeles hit the van as it drove across the tracks Sunday. The crash happened at a railroad crossing in a rural area near Trinidad, about 15 miles from the New Mexico border.
Trooper Art Gumke says the crossing is marked with signs but doesn't have gates to stop vehicles.
The girl's parents were identified as 32-year-old Stephen Miller and 33-year-old Christine Miller of Trinidad. Their daughters, ages 6, 2 and 8 months, also died.
A fundraising webpage says they were headed to church at the time.
© KKTV 5 killed when Amtrak train hits van in Colorado
An Amtrak spokeswoman tells the station that more than 280 passengers were on board at the time of the crash and remain stranded in the area. No one on the train was injured.
She says the train involved was the Southwest Chief, which travels between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Authorities are investigating but neither alcohol nor drug use is suspected.
10:45 a.m.
A 4-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a crash between a minivan and an Amtrak train that killed her parents and three sisters in southern Colorado.
The Colorado State Patrol says the girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after the train headed from Chicago to Los Angeles hit the van as it drove across the tracks Sunday. The crash happened at a railroad crossing in a rural area near Trinidad, about 15 miles from the New Mexico border.
Trooper Art Gumke says the crossing is marked with signs but doesn't have gates to stop vehicles.
The girl's parents were identified as 32-year-old Stephen Miller and 33-year-old Christine Miller of Trinidad. Their daughters, ages 6, 2 and 8 months, also died.
A fundraising webpage says they were headed to church at the time.
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© KKTV 5 killed when Amtrak train hits van in Colorado An Amtrak spokeswoman tells the station that more than 280 passengers were on board at the time of the crash and remain stranded in the area. No one on the train was injured.
She says the train involved was the Southwest Chief, which travels between Chicago and Los Angeles.
Authorities are investigating but neither alcohol nor drug use is suspected.
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