3 dead after Amtrak train collides with truck near Buffalo, New York

Three people – two adults and a 6-year-old boy – have died after an Amtrak train struck a vehicle in upstate New York near Buffalo.

North Tonawanda police said on Facebook Saturday that the three people who died were in a Dodge pickup truck Friday around 7:56 p.m. when it collided with the train. The investigation is ongoing and police have not said how the accident happened.

A 69-year-old man; a 66-year-old woman; and a 6-year-old boy died in the crash, police said.

Photos shared on Facebook by the North Tonawanda Fire Department did not appear to show any visible damage to the Amtrak train.

The National Safety Council recorded 274 railroad crossing deaths in 2022, according to data from the Federal Railroad Administration. The council said most of the people who died were traveling in a motor vehicle.

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