2 dead after SUV crashes and falls onto train tracks, gets hit by train

SAN ANTONIO — Two people were killed Friday evening after their SUV flew off of an embankment, landed on train tracks, then got hit by a train in San Antonio, officials say. 

San Antonio Police said they originally received a call that a black Land Rover was driving erratically causing people to drive into the shoulder on I-35.

Moments later, another call was made to 911 to report the vehicle had crashed. Police said they were told that the SUV hit a guardrail on I-37 S and Loop 1604, continued down into a grassy area and then fell off a nearby embankment. 

The SUV then came to a rest on train tracks, but a train came and hit the SUV killing two people inside. 

The identities of the two people in the SUV were not yet released. 

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