A woman has died after a freight train collided with a family car, leaving three children and a man injured.
The collision occurred about 2pm on Wednesday at a level crossing on Redmond-Hay River Road, in the Albany suburb of Redmond in Western Australia’s south.
Emergency services rushed to the scene where a woman aged in her thirties remained trapped in the vehicle with critical injuries.
The other passengers – a man in his thirties and three children aged under 10 years – were all taken to Albany Health Campus with non-life threatening injuries.
Two men aboard the freight train were also treated for shock.
Witnesses said the train sounded its horn before colliding with the car, which it pushed for about 30 to 40 metres before both came to a stop, the ABC reported.
Officers reportedly told witnesses both the road and train lines would remain closed to traffic until major crash detectives conducted their assessments.
A number of Albany Fire and Rescue vehicles and St John Ambulance crews attended the scene along with local police.
Police are pictured at the scene of the crash in Albany, WA on Wednesday afternoon
Emergency services were called to the scene just before 2pm (stock)
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene but was called back shortly after.
Emergency crews remained at the site late into the afternoon with officers from the Major Crash Squad due to travel to Albany from Perth to investigate.
Police asked the public to avoid the scene as investigations continued.
Great Southern Police Acting Superintended Rhonda Alexander urged anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact police.
