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An elderly couple's car was hit by a train and pushed for 100ft in Hillsboro, OR. Maloote Mathews, 85, was driving north on Southeast River Road around 12:20 p.m., when the Toyota Corolla stopped on train tracks near the Tualatin Valley Highway intersection as the crossing arms came down. A westbound Portland & Western Railroad train was unable to come to a complete stop before hitting the passenger side of the car. Saramma Mathews, 82, was trapped in the car and had to be cut out.