Tulelake Woman Killed in Car vs. Train Accident on County Road 104
MODOC COUNTY - A 19-year-old Tulelake woman died Wednesday afternoon after her 1988 Mercury Sable was struck by a train, the Siskiyou Daily reported. The woman, Alma Vidrio, was driving westbound on County Road 104, east of County Road 111, when she stopped the vehicle on the railroad tracks with a northbound train approaching. The train had two engines and 35 cars attached to it. According to a CHP release, Vidrio "made no obvious attempts to move the Mercury or flee from the Mercury" before the train impacted the driver's side of the Mercury Sable. The impact caused fatal injuries; Vidrio was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. No one on board the train was hurt. The cause of the fatal Modoc County car accident remains under investigation.
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