On Tuesday, 6-5-12,
The "Ghost Train" game turned deadly, authorities said. Parents were also there to Supervise. This is a tragic story.
Five teenage girls were parked on the tracks when a real Amtrak train approached about 12:30 a.m. It's unclear if the driver's Jeep stalled, or if she couldn't get it to restart.
Three of the teens were able to jump out, but one, Haley Whitmer, whose family owned the Jeep, returned to free her two friends who couldn't unbuckle their seat belts. The train struck as Whitmer tried to get them out.
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Friends of the girls that died early on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, when their car was hit by an Amtrak train came to the crash site that evening. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com
POPLAR BLUFF, MO
The car involved in the fatal train crash on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, is parked at Woolard's Two Brothers Towing in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Photo by J.B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rural-train-crossing-has-drawn-generations-of-teens/article_82a0d7a7-cfe4-5b90-a443-0379ecd9eaeb.html#ixzz1x3pKxXdh
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