WHITAKERS, N.C. – Authorities say two people are dead after their vehicle tried to cross railroad tracks ahead of an oncoming Amtrak train in rural North Carolina.
Multiple media organizations report a couple, who appeared to be in their 60s, was killed Sunday afternoon near Whitakers, about 70 miles (about 115 kilometres) east of Raleigh, the state capital.
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Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods says no one aboard the southbound train was injured and service was suspended as law enforcement investigated the crash.
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The train originated in New York City and was bound for Savannah, Georgia.
The dead weren’t immediately identified.
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