Maura Peters, 19, Hailey Laws, 20, and two children were killed in a collision involving a train and a car on County Road 732 in Stoddard County, Missouri
2 adults, 2 children dead after train vs. car crash near Dexter, MO
Officials say Peters failed to yield and drove into the path of an oncoming train. Peters, Laws and one of the children were pronounced dead at at the scene. The other child was taken to Twin Rivers Medical Center in Kennett, Mo., where they were later pronounced dead.
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