A commuter train collided with a car stuck between gates at a crossing in Philadelphia, Thursday, leaving one person injured.

According to officials with the Philadelphia Police Department, the accident occurred at a crossing in the East Falls section of the city Thursday night. Fifty-four-year-old train-passenger Joe Higgins said the train, headed for Norristown, was approaching a station and moving slowly when the accident happened. Many people on the train did not realize something had happened, Higgins said.

According to a report released by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, the vehicle was sitting upside-down after the crash and appeared to have suffered significant damage.

One passenger in the car was injured, police could not comment on the nature or extent of the injuries.

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Three people were injured in an early morning crash in Philadelphia’s Oxford Circle neighborhood Thursday.

According to reports from the Philadelphia Police Department, officers were called to an accident at the intersection of Castor Avenue and Benner Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. Emergency response crews rushed to free three women who were trapped inside a wrecked sport utility vehicle. A 40 year-old woman was transported to Einstein Medical Center in critical condition. A 33 year-old and a 17 year-old were said to be in stable condition after the crash.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation. Police say they do not believe alcohol or drugs to have been a factor in the crash. Toxicology reports are pending. Officers could not comment on the nature or extent of the victim’s injuries.

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Three young children were killed when a station wagon crashed into a highway guardrail and rolled down an embankment in Harrisburg, Monday.

According to officials with the Pennsylvania State Police Department, a 57 year-old woman was driving through Middle Paxton Township, in Dauphin County, Saturday night when the accident occurred. Police say the car veered out of its lane, crashed through a guardrail, and struck a guide wire before going airborne and crashing into a tree. The vehicle rolled down a fifty foot embankment and landed upside down, police say.

Deputy Coroner Lynn Choborda says a 5 year-old boy, a 3 year-old boy, and a 3 year-old girl were killed in the accident. The driver is hospitalized in serious condition, Choborda said.

Harrisburg police say the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

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A man from Philadelphia was killed in a car accident Wednesday on Interstate 80.

According to officials with the Pennsylvania State Police at Rockview, 19 year-old David K. Doughty Jr. was traveling west on Interstate 80 near mile marker 159 when he lost control of his vehicle. Police say Doughty’s car cut across two lanes of traffic, went off the right shoulder of the roadway, and crashed into a rock embankment. The car flipped onto it’s roof and came to rest, authorities say.

Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers said Doughty was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, and was partially ejected from the vehicle in the wreck. The accident occurred shortly after 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, and closed two lanes of traffic on Interstate 80.

The accident is still under investigation, and police are awaiting the results of an autopsy.

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