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1 dead after vehicle struck by train in Zorra Township.: OPP

File photo of an OPP cruiser. Lars Hagberg / The Canadian Press File

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a 92-year-old woman died on Tuesday, when her vehicle was struck by a freight train north of Ingersoll, Ont.

Oxford OPP said the collision happened around 11:30 a.m. at the CP Rail crossing on 31st Line, north of Dundas Street, when a northbound VW Jetta was struck by a westbound train.

Few other details have been released, but police said the rail crossing involved is controlled by flashing lights.

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The lone occupant of the vehicle, identified by police only as a 92-year-old woman, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

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Emergency crews remained at the scene late Tuesday afternoon. The road reopened to traffic around 5 p.m.

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