Two people were hit by a CSX freight train after exiting their car on the tracks near the University of Delaware early Saturday morning, according to the Newark Police Department. They were both taken to Christiana Hospital with “serious and life-threatening injuries,” police said.
Police said the car was traveling southbound on New London Road – the wrong direction on the one-way street – prior to the accident, police said. The car then turned right onto the railroad tracks near West Main Street and got stuck. Everyone left the car and, “almost immediately,” a CSX train heading east hit the car, according to police.
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Two of the people leaving the car were unable to get out of the way and were struck by the train at around 2:15 a.m. Newark Police Department did not say whether those hit were UD students, or if drugs or alcohol were involved. The department did not respond immediately when asked.
Anyone with information related to this collision is asked to contact Cpl. Jon Lee at 302-366-7100 ext. 3462 or jlee@newark.de.us.
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