Three die in train-vehicle collision near Sandpoint

SANDPOINT — Two adults and a child were killed Saturday when the vehicle they were in was struck by a freight train.

A second child in the vehicle was seriously injured.

Idaho State Police are investigating the crash that occurred at the railroad crossing near N. Boyer and Selle roads in Bonner County.

The vehicle, a Subaru Forester driven by a 37-year-old Sagle man, was struck after failing to yield the right of way to the train, according to an ISP news release. The collision forced the Subaru off the road, where it overturned.

ISP officials said the driver and a woman, 31, also of Sagle, were pronounced dead at the scene, along with one of the children.

The other child was transported to a nearby hospital via ground ambulance before being flown by Life Flight to a Spokane hospital. There is no information on the youth's condition.

The freight train operators were not injured.

ISP did not release the names of those involved.