The Brief
- A 5-year-old child was killed on Wednesday after the car they were riding in drove around railroad barricades and was struck by a TRE train in Fort Worth.
- The driver, 24-year-old Fabian Riojas, has been charged with manslaughter.
- Police confirmed the driver is related to the child, but the nature of their relationship has not been specified.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Fort Worth police have filed manslaughter charges against the driver of a car following a deadly crash with a TRE train. A 5-year-old child died in that crash.
Fort Worth Car Hit by Train
What’s new:
A spokesman for the Fort Worth Police Department said 24-year-old Fabian Riojas is now charged with manslaughter for Wednesday afternoon’s crash that killed his 5-year-old passenger.
“The barricades were down on the train, around the train tracks. With that being said, to everyone’s knowledge, to the witnesses, the train was coming. This person decided he wanted to go past the barricade. In the midst of going past the barricades, the TRE struck the [car.] And then with there being a small child in the back, this was something that was preventable,” said Tracy Carter, with Fort Worth PD. “If the young gentleman just would have just taken his time and just waited for the train to clear, which wouldn’t have been very long. It’s just a sad day.”…