UPDATE: Sheriff’s office confirms double fatality in Wilcox County train crash

Two people are dead after a train collided with a vehicle Thursday morning in Wilcox County.

UPDATE (7/21): Georgia State Patrol has identified the victims of Thursday’s crash. The driver was identified as 17-year-old Dallas Corbin Dozier of Hawkinsville. The passenger was identified as 34-year-old Brandy Elizabeth Drinnon of Cordele.

An investigation determined a 2016 Kia Optima crossed an activated and lowered railroad crossing arm. As the vehicle entered the intersection, the front of the eastbound train hit the passenger side of the vehicle. Both the passenger and driver died at the scene.

ABBEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people are dead after a train collided with a vehicle Thursday morning. A Wilcox County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post says it happened just before 11:30 a.m. Deputies were dispatched to Highway 159, near Double Run Road, in reference to a “vehicle accident versus a train.”

The sheriff’s office, Pitts Fire, Wilcox EMS and Rochelle Police responded to the scene.

“Unfortunately, upon arrival we found both occupants of the vehicle deceased on the scene,” the post stated.

The Wilcox County Coroner and Georgia State Patrol are investigating.

The sheriff’s office says it offers its prayers and deep condolences to the families of the vehicle occupants.