The incident happened Saturday at a private railroad crossing roughly 20 miles west of Tampa, and left five of the Escalade s passengers dead at the scene.
Five of the dead were identified as a couple and their children. They were on their way to a celebration before dying in a violent collision in Plant City, Fla., the authorities said.
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Six people, including two teens and a 9-year-old, died over the weekend when a freight train plowed into their SUV as they crossed the tracks in Plant City, Fla. One person survived the horrific crash, which sent the SUV catapulting end over end, ejecting victims as it went, police said. The accident occurred just before 7 p.m. Saturday, as Jose Guadalupe Hernandez drove his white 2020 .