Car with 2 kids in it hit by train in Butler County

Stock photo of a railroad crossing sign.

TRENTON — A car was hit by a train in Butler County on Saturday morning.

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The crash was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at the Pierson Road railroad crossing near Riverside Drive in Trenton.

Trenton Police confirmed to News Center 7 that the crash happened when the driver tried to get across the railway crossing before the train got there.

There was a man and two juveniles in the car at the time of the crash.

The man wasn’t hurt. Medics transported the children to be evaluated at an area hospital.

The crash remains under investigation.

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