US EditionSearch Continues for Missing 5-Year-Old After Family Was Struck by Train in Ohio
- On May 18, 2025, in Fremont, Ohio, two relatives—a 58-year-old woman and her 38-year-old daughter—were fatally hit by a train near the Miles Newton Bridge, while a 5-year-old girl from their group went missing in the Sandusky River.
- The incident occurred as the family was walking across a clearly marked no-trespassing bridge around 7:30–8 p.m. During a fishing trip; reports confirm all four entered the water.
- Fishermen pulled a severely injured 14-month-old baby from the water and administered CPR before the child was taken to a hospital in Toledo; meanwhile, a woman in her late 50s and her daughter, aged 38, were declared dead at the location.
- Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez announced that multiple agencies are working together to locate a young girl, around five years old, who is believed to still be in the Sandusky River.
- Norfolk Southern and the Federal Railroad Administration offered their sympathies and highlighted the risks associated with being on railroad property without permission, while authorities proceed with the ongoing investigation and recovery operations.
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Train strikes family on Ohio railroad bridge
FREMONT (AP) — Two women and a 5-year-old girl died after a train struck the family members while they were on a railroad bridge over a northern Ohio river, authorities said Monday. Crews equipped with sonar had been scouring the Sandusky River through the night before they found the girl’s body Monday near the bridge, said Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez. The family from Fort Wayne, Indiana, had been on a fishing trip along the Sandusky River, and …
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Train Hits Family on Ohio Railroad Bridge
Two women and a 5-year-old girl died after a train struck the family members while they were on a railroad bridge over a northern Ohio river, authorities said Monday. Crews equipped with sonar had been scouring the Sandusky River through the night before they found the girl's body Monday near...
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106.7 WTLCBody of Fort Wayne Girl Found in Ohio
(PHOTO: Thinkstock/barbol88) FREMONT, Ohio–The body of a five-year-old girl, whose family was visiting Fremont, Ohio on a fishing trip when they were hit Sunday by a train, has been found. Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez announced that first responders had found the body about noon underneath a bridge that goes over the Sandusky River. That means all of the family is now accounted for. Both a 58-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman were killed whe…
3 dead, including child, after train hits family on Ohio railroad bridge
Two women and a 5-year-old girl died after a train struck the family members while they were on a railroad bridge over a northern Ohio river, authorities said Monday. Crews equipped with sonar had been scouring the Sandusky River through the night before they found the girl’s body Monday near the bridge, said Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez. The family from Fort Wayne, Indiana, had been on a fishing trip along the Sandusky River, and they were on th…
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