3 People Dead, Including a Child, After Amtrak Train Hits Truck in N.Y. [Video]

Three people, including a 6-year-old boy, have died after the truck they were in was struck by an Amtrak train in New York, officials confirmed.

On Friday, May 17, the passenger train heading northbound from New York City to Niagara Falls hit the truck in North Tonawanda, resulting in the deaths of a man, 69, a woman, 66, and a boy, 6, according to statements from the North Tonawanda Police Department and Amtrak.

The names of the victims, who were pronounced dead at the scene, have not yet been released, as the crash is still being investigated.

Police said the train hit the victims’ Dodge pickup truck at 7:56 p.m. local time in North Tonawanda, a city in Niagara County about 13 miles from the Canadian border.

Amtrak told CBS News and CNN in a statement that the car was sitting on the tracks at the time of the crash.

“There have been no reported injuries to the …