Police: 5 dead in car-train crash near Detroit

by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | July 10, 2009 at 06:32 am

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A car crossed in front of an Amtrak passenger train in Detroit Michigan this morning, killing five people in the car.

Canton Township police say the victims included a 14-year-old female from Wayne and four young men: an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old from Taylor, a 19-year-old from Woodhaven, and a 21-year-old from Stafford, Va.

Family has been informed but names are being withheld to inform extended family.

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Police say five young people were in a Ford Fusion that crossed in front of an Amtrak passenger train near Detroit, killing all five people in the car.

Canton Township police say the victims included a 14-year-old female from Wayne and four young men: an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old from Taylor, a 19-year-old from Woodhaven, and a 21-year-old from Stafford, Va.

Family had been notified, but the names were still being withheld to allow for extended family members to be reached, police said.