The driver of a vehicle has died after she stopped on train tracks at a crossing in Ventura County, and was hit by an oncoming passenger train.
The collision happened just after 10:30 Tuesday morning, in Camarillo. Ventura County Sheriff’s investigators say a southbound train was approaching the Upland Road crossing when the engineer saw a car on the tracks. He applied the train’s emergency brakes, but was unable to stop in time.
The 63-year-old woman driving the car was seriously injured, and was airlifted to a hospital by helicopter. She later died. Her name hasn’t been released.
No injuries were reported among the passengers on the train.
