FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va – Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a train.

Sergeant Brent Coffey reports that a 2015 Honda Accord was traveling north on Route 17 in Fauquier County early Wednesday morning when it came upon a railroad crossing with stopped traffic, which was waiting for an approaching train.

The Honda crossed a centerline, went around the stopped vehicles, disregarded the railroad crossing arms and attempted to cross the railroad tracks when it collided with an eastbound Norfolk Southern train.

A passenger in the Honda, an 18-year-old woman from Berryville, was taken to the hospital where she died a short time later. Her name was not released pending notification of relative.

The driver, a 19-year-old man from Winchester, was hospitalized with serious injuries. Another passenger in the car suffered minor injuries.

Incidentally, the Honda was reported stolen out of Winchester.