2 killed after a car tried to beat a train at a crossing in Houston
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Two people were killed after their car crashed into an Amtrak train Saturday night in Houston as the vehicle was trying to beat the train at a crossing, officials said.
The car, possibly a Chrysler 300, went around another vehicle stopped at the Van Hut Lane crossing and "tried to cut through the arms" that were down, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
The car collided with the passenger train and was "quickly engulfed in flames," Harris said. Two people were thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, he added.
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