GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) - Authorities are continuing to investigate a collision between a train and an automobile in southern Delaware that left a 22-year-old woman dead.
Delaware State Police on Saturday identified the victim in Friday’s collision as 22-year-old Raelyn Huffman of Delmar.
Authorities say Huffman, who was not properly restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say Huffman drove on to the track at a railroad crossing as the crossing signals were flashing and a bell sounding. The engineer of the train pulling five empty grain cars also sounding a horn as the train approached the intersection.
For unknown reasons, Huffman’s car crossed the tracks in front of the train and was struck on the driver’s side.
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