Two women are dead and three children are in the hospital after a car was struck by a train overnight in Birmingham. The Jefferson County coroner has identified the women as Carolyn Elaine Berry, 47,

The crash occurred around noon on Jan. 10 near the crossing at 290th Street and U.S. Highway 59, also known as North Broadway, according to a news release from the Poteau Police Department (PPD). Police, firefighters, emergency medical crews and state and county law enforcement responded.

A government investigation into the cause of Sunday’s fatal derailment of Mexico’s Interoceanic Train has begun, with President Claudia Sheinbaum ordering the federal Attorney General’s Office to lead that inquiry,

Police say the driver ignored flares and warnings from train personnel at a closed railroad crossing and was struck by a backing train.