UPDATE - 5:10 p.m.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has identified the Alice woman who was killed in a train crash on Wednesday morning as 46-year-old Corina Salinas.
According to DPS, a train was traveling eastbound towards Alice when it struck the passenger side of Salinas's Chrysler 300 and pushed it into the grass. The conductor of the train told investigating DPS Troopers that the Chrysler had stopped on the tracks and did not move, even after the train sounded its horn multiple times.
Salinas and her granddaughter were both transported to the hospital after the accident, but Salinas passed away in the hospital.
Meanwhile, an autopsy has been ordered and Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash
ORIGINAL - 1:36 p.m.
An Alice woman lost her life Wednesday morning after a train crashed into her vehicle just outside of Alice city limits, according to Sgt. Harold Mallory with the Department of Public Safety.
The crash took place at 9:12 a.m. at the intersection of County Road 132 and HWY 44.
Mallory said the woman, 46, was driving south in her Chrysler 300 with her 1-year-old granddaughter.
The train was traveling eastbound towards Alice at the time of the accident.
Mallory said the toddler had no injuries. The 46-year-old woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
Families are being notified and the accident is being investigated by DPS.
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