3 dead, including child in Fremont, Ohio accident
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Authorities in northern Ohio announced they have recovered the body of a 5-year-old from the Sandusky River, raising to the death toll to three family members killed when they were struck by a train over the weekend.
The death toll of an Ohio train crash has risen to three after a 5-year-old child was found dead near the site of the collision. A 14-month-old child who was hospitalized in critical condition is reportedly the sole survivor.
Officials said it's not clear whether the train hit all four or whether some may have jumped or were thrown into the river to avoid the locomotive.
A train in Ohio struck multiple pedestrians, killing three members of a family and hospitalizing an infant, officials said.
Officials say two adults were killed and an infant was injured after being struck by a Norfolk Southern train on the Miles Newton Bridge in Fremont.
The fishing community in Fremont is still trying to come to terms with the tragedy that unfolded Sunday night. Some of them even witnessed the child’s body being recovered from the water Monday morning.
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WJW-TV Cleveland on MSN‘Saw a little purple jacket’: Teen rescued child from river after deadly Fremont train accident“I saw a little purple jacket and thought, that’s a baby. And that just shook me, and I went and got the baby. You could see her go under and go back up. And when I got to her, she was leaning back and that scared me. I got her up, and I could tell she was breathing,” said Kieffer. The one-year-old girl was the only survivor.
The search continues for a 5-year-old girl who remains missing after a train struck and killed two of her family members in Fremont, Ohio, on Sunday evening.
Officials in Ohio confirmed they have found the bodies of three family members in the Sandusky River after a tragedy involving an oncoming train.