BREAKING NEWS Horror as grain freight train collides with family car at remote Outback level crossing leaving woman dead and three young children injured
The collision occurred about 2pm on Wednesday at a level crossing on Redmond-Hay River Road, in the Albany suburb of Redmond in Western Australia 's south.
Emergency services rushed to the scene where a woman aged in her thirties remained trapped in the vehicle with critical injuries.
The other passengers - a man in his thirties and three children aged under 10 years - were all taken to Albany Health Campus with non-life threatening injuries.
Two men aboard the freight train were also treated for shock.
Witnesses said the train sounded its horn before colliding with the car, which it pushed for about 30 to 40 metres before both came to a stop, the ABC reported.
Officers reportedly told witnesses both the road and train lines would remain closed to traffic until major crash detectives conducted their assessments.
A number of Albany Fire and Rescue vehicles and St John Ambulance crews attended the scene along with local police.
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene but was called back shortly after.
Officers from the Major Crash Squad are travelling to Albany from Perth to investigate the incident.
Great Southern Police Acting Superintended Rhonda Alexander urged anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact police.
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