By Associated Press - Friday, December 15, 2017

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - One person has died after a freight train hit a car at a crossing in central South Carolina.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said the crash happened about 8:30 a.m. Friday at a crossing northeast of Columbia.

The name of the victim has not been released.



The sheriff’s department and the South Carolina Highway Patrol are investigating the crash.

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