Women Killed in Train Crash

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Officials today identified a woman who was killed Tuesday when her car collided with a train in Hays County as Carol Sager King, 70, of San Marcos.

King was driving a 2002 Buick sedan west on Center Point Road about 3:30 p.m. when she went around the warning gates at the railroad crossing and was hit by a train heading south, Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Lisa Block said.

It is unknown whether King was wearing a seat belt, Block said.

The warning lights and gates were working at the crossing south of San Marcos near the outlet malls, according to law enforcement.

Witnesses reported seeing the car drive around the lowered gates, Union Pacific Spokeswoman Raquel Espinoza-Williams said. The train’s locomotive collided with the passenger side of the vehicle, she said. The speed limit at that location on the tracks is 40 miles per hour. The train was going under the limit, but the exact speed is not known at this time, Espinoza-Williams said. The crew of three was shaken up but not injured in the crash, she said. The train, which typically carries rock, was empty, she said.

The Department of Public Safety is investigating.