4 folks died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit a transferring freight prepare at a crossing and caught fireplace, an official mentioned.
The Dodge Durango struck the CSX prepare about 2 a.m. at a crossing on the east facet of Harvey, a south suburban group, killing the automobile’s 4 occupants, mentioned Jason Baumann, a spokesman for town of Harvey.
“It drove into the freight prepare,” he mentioned, including that the crash stays underneath investigation.
Baumann mentioned the our bodies of the 4 folks had been faraway from the SUV and can be recognized by the coroner.
He mentioned emergency crews in Phoenix, a Prepare dinner County village simply east of Harvey, had been alerted by a passerby {that a} automobile was on fireplace. He mentioned it wasn’t clear if that particular person had witnessed the crash or had solely seen the burning SUV following the affect.
Baumann mentioned it wasn’t instantly clear whether or not or the place the prepare stopped after the collision, however when he arrived on the crash scene about 4 a.m. there was no prepare on the crossing and CSX staff had been changing crossing gates on the scene.
A message in search of remark from CSX was left Wednesday morning by The Related Press.
