UPDATE: Ripley Woman Killed After Train Strikes SUV
RIPLEY — A woman was killed when her sport utility vehicle was struck by a train Thursday afternoon in the village of Ripley.
Capt. Eric Balon of the New York State Police said 58-year-old Marilyn L. Triana of Ripley was killed after a CSX train on the westbound tracks struck her vehicle on Goodrich Street. The impact threw the SUV 150 yards before it rolled over and caught fire.
Balon said a train was also passing 50 yards south on Goodrich Street on a set of Norfolk Southern tracks. A motorist who stopped for a second train told investigator he saw Triana’s vehicle cross the CSX tracks before being struck by the other train.
“It is unknown at this time if she was avoiding the lights to cross or was preoccupied with the third set of tracks and the other (passing train) and did not see the train on her tracks,” Balon said.
State police noted there are no gates at the railroad crossings on Goodrich Street, though there are lights in place.