Car Hits Train, 2 Dead & 2 Injured

ROCKDALE, Texas (AP) _ The Department of Public Safety says two children from Rockdale died and two other people were hurt after their car was hit by a train in Milam County.

DPS spokesman Tom Vinger on Tuesday identified the children who died as 9-year-old Monterious Hancock and 8-year-old Ahkeem Williams.

DPS says the woman driving the car and a 4-year-old passenger also were hurt in the accident Monday afternoon about two miles east of Rockdale. Further details on their conditions were not immediately available.

DPS says the driver was the only person in the vehicle wearing a seatbelt.

 

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