Train strikes car outside Atlanta, killing 3 women

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – Three women in a car struck by a train outside Atlanta have died, and a fourth remains hospitalized.

South Fulton police Lt. Derrick Rogers tells news outlets that the Monday afternoon crash involved a CSX train on Buffington road at the intersection with Roosevelt Highway.

Two women were pronounced dead at the scene, while the third died at a hospital. The condition of the fourth women has not been released.

CSX issued a statement thanking local emergency personnel for a swift response. The company didn’t indicate there were injuries to anyone on board the train.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.

The women’s identities have not been released.