HALTOM CITY, Texas — A child was killed and an adult was injured in a crash involving a train and a car in Tarrant County Wednesday, officials say.

Fort Worth Police say they were called to the scene at Elliot Reeder and Colony Court shortly before 4 p.m., where a vehicle had been hit by a train.

Officials say preliminary information indicates the vehicle, which was occupied by the adult and child, tried to go around an activated train barricade before being hit by the train.

The child was pronounced dead on the scene, and the adult was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, officials say.

WFAA chopper footage of the scene shows police and emergency vehicles on scene, and a train stopped on the tracks.

A Trinity Railway Express (TRE) alert warned that passengers may experience de

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