Four-Year-Old Girls is Sole Survivor After Family's Minivan Struck by Train

TRINIDAD, Colo. (AP) — A 4-year-old girl was the only member of her family to survive after their minivan was hit by an Amtrak train at a crossing with a history of problems in southern Colorado. The girl was hospitalized with serious injuries after the Southwest Chief train headed from Chicago to Los Angeles slammed into the van as it drove across the tracks Sunday morning near Trinidad, about 15 miles from the New Mexico border. Hospital officials would not release information on her condition on Monday. Trooper Art Gumke of the Colorado State Patrol said the girl's father, 32-year-old Stephen Miller, who was driving the 2005 Chrysler Town & Country, and his wife, Christina Miller, 33, of Trinidad were killed along with their three other daughters, aged 6, 2 and 8 months. He said the minivan was moving at the time of the crash and was not stuck. The Millers were on their way to church at the time. "When they didn't show up for church, we were worried about what was going on," Keith Schlabach, Christina Miller's cousin, told The Denver Post. "We thought they were broken down or something. One of the other guys was driving back from church toward Steve's house to see what happened, and then he got to the tracks." A member of the Fisher's Peak Fire Department watches an Amtrak train after it cllided with a minivan at a crossing east of Trinidad, Colo. The crossing is marked only with signs, but a proposal to add flashing lights and gates has been in ...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: News Rescue & Vehicle Extrication Source Type: news