4 dead in car-train crash near SC-GA state line

Associated Press
Tuesday, November 17, 2009



HARDEEVILLE — Four people have died after a car was hit by an Amtrak train near the South Carolina-Georgia state line.

Jasper County Coroner Martin Sauls III said Tuesday morning he isn't ready to release the names of the victims. But he said three adults and a 12-year-old child from Hardeeville died.

Hardeeville interim city manager Ted Felder says the wreck happened about 9 p.m. Monday at a crossing at the intersection of state Highway 46 and U.S. 17.

Felder says the car tried to get around a crossing arm and beat the train. Felder says the train pushed the car about a mile down the tracks before it could stop.

None of the approximately 20 passengers or five crew members was hurt.

The train was headed from Charleston to Savannah, Ga.

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