Identities released in fatal crash involving train in North Tonawanda [Video]

NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. — North Tonawanda Police have identified the three people killed after their vehicle was hit by a train Friday.

David McGinn, 69, Olive Geldart, 66, both of North Tonawanda and Ra’Mari Geldart, 6, of Buffalo died at the scene.

Police say a pickup truck carrying the three people turned off River Road onto Felton Street and stopped in the middle of train tracks, as the railroad’s gates closed around them.

An oncoming Amtrak train struck the pickup truck, pushing it several hundred feet and killing all three passengers.

Authorities say they are still unsure why the truck stopped on the tracks, but they confirmed that a traffic stop was taking place directly on the other side of the tracks.

Many are left wondering why Felton Street was not closed to oncoming traffic as a result, …