Automobile / Train crash kill mother and daughter in Virginia

Date:  September 24, 2009

Location:  Stuarts Draft, VA

Type: Train – Motor Vehicle Accident

81-year-old Alice Butler and daughter, 60-year-old, Glenda Poore both of Fishersville, VA were killed Wednesday.

Virginia State Police say a woman was trying to drive around two lowered railroad crossing arms when a train hit the vehicle, killing her and her daughter.

Witnesses told authorities the crossing arms were lowered and Butler failed to yield to the train.

The accident is being investigated.

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