In an accident involving a train, two adults were killed and three children were taken to hospital on Friday morning.
The horror collision occurred on a highway a few miles south of Leming, Texas.
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The Union Pacific train was traveling south when it collided with the vehicle around 7:15 a.m.
The deceased have not yet been publicly identified, but they have been confirmed to be the parents of the three children.
Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward said the children were taken to the hospital by plane.
The children are ages six, five and one and they were all taken to University Hospital, but the extent of their injuries is unknown.
The train crew was not injured in the collision, according to Union Pacific, and it appears the only fatalities were in the vehicle.
It’s not clear why the vehicle was in the train’s path, Sheriff Soward said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is leading the investigation into the incident.
“The incident has been removed from our tracks and our trains have returned to normal operation by around 7 p.m.,” Union Pacific said in a statement to The Sun.
Just days earlier, four people were killed and about 150 others injured when an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck at a Missouri crosswalk.
The collision derailed eight rail cars and two locomotives as there were 275 passengers on board, Amtrak said.
Lt. Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said investigators continued to investigate the wreckage near Mendon after the crash happened at 12:42 a.m. local time on June 27.
The MSHP said the death toll included three train passengers and the truck driver.
The victims were identified as Rochelle Cook, 58, Kim Holsapple, 56, both from Kansas; Binh Pham, 82, of Missouri and truck driver Billy Barton II, 54, also of Missouri.
Officials said about 150 people were transported to 10 area hospitals for injuries ranging from minor to serious.
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