SALINAS, Calif.—A freight train has slammed into a car along a rural dirt road in California, killing a passenger and injuring the driver and three children.

The Santa Cruz Sentinel ( says five people were inside the Honda Civic when the train struck the car Sunday afternoon in the Royal Oaks area near Salinas.

All five lived in a small trailer near the tracks.




There's a stop sign where the dirt road crosses the tracks.


Information from: Santa Cruz Sentinel,