- Police said Amber Lee Brown was trying to beat an oncoming train at an intersection in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, on Saturday
- She failed to yield the right of way when turning left and was hit by another SUV
- Several witnesses were able to push the second SUV off of the train tracks, but Brown’s vehicle wouldn’t move
- Brown removed her infant from the vehicle seconds before the train hit it
A mother pulled her infant from an SUV seconds before a train struck it in western Pennsylvania.
Police said Amber Lee Brown was trying beat an oncoming train at an intersection in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
As the train warning lights were flashing but gate was not yet down, Brown allegedly failed to yield the right of way when turning left and was hit by another SUV just after 1pm.
Both vehicles were stuck on the train tracks. Several witnesses were able to push the second SUV off, but Brown’s Ford wouldn’t move.
A woman’s SUV got stuck on the train tracks in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, after an accident on Saturday. She pulled her child from the vehicle seconds before it was hit by a train, police say
Police in Westmoreland County told Trib Live that the mother ‘was able to free her infant child from the rear of the vehicle within seconds of the train impacting her vehicle’.
The baby, believed to be about a year old, suffered head lacerations.
Police will likely file multiple traffic violations against Brown.