6-Year-Old, Grandparents Killed After Train Crushes Pickup Truck In North Tonawanda

NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK -A 6-year-old boy and his grandparents were killed following a collision between an Amtrak train and a pickup truck at the Felton Street crossing on Friday night.

Officials say that before 8:00PM on Friday, an Amtrak train traveling from New York City to Niagara Falls struck a pickup truck at the Felton Street crossing near River Road (Route 265), killing all three of its occupants. The truck was crushed on its passenger side after being struck at high speed by the train.

Witnesses report that the vehicle became stuck on the train tracks and the victims were not able to escape the pickup truck in time before the train crashed into it.

Fire officials operating at the scene of the triple fatal train versus pickup truck incident in North Tonawanda on Friday night.Photo byLance Lustig / PNN

First responders rushed to the scene where they found an extensively damaged pickup truck that was dragged several hundred feet by the train. Fire crews jumped into action, but despite life-saving efforts, all three victims were pronounced dead.

Fire crews were on scene for nearly 2 hours on Friday night following the tragic triple fatal crash.Photo byLance Lustig / PNN

North Tonawanda Police confirmed in a press release on Saturday afternoon that the three victims were a 69-year-old man, a 66-year-old female, and a 6-year-old boy. Their identities are being withheld while police continue their investigation.

All 21 passengers riding the Amtrak train were not injured.

River Road between Wheatfield Street and Ward Road remained closed into the early hours of Saturday morning as officials continued to investigate the triple fatal collision.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.