A four-year-old girl has died after the car she was travelling in was hit by a train on a level crossing in Nottinghamshire, British Transport Police (BTP) said Wednesday.
Emma Lifsey was airlifted to a specialist children’s hospital in Sheffield with serious injuries after the collision on Tuesday at Beech Hill crossing, in Misson Springs, Nottinghamshire.
Police said she died in the early hours of Wednesday.
The 67-year-old woman driving the car suffered serious neck injuries and bruising and was taken to hospital in Doncaster where she remains in a stable condition.
“The police investigation into the incident is ongoing and remains very much in the early stages,” a BTP spokesman said.
“Officers are working hard to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident, including how the vehicle came to be on the tracks at the time.
“This will include speaking to any witnesses to the incident, while specialist officers will also look at evidence from the scene and the car in question, a black Volvo which has now been recovered.”
The train, travelling from Lincoln to Doncaster, was damaged but remained upright and on the tracks, the spokesman said, adding that there were no reports of injuries to passengers or staff onboard.
Emma’s parents, Mark and Zoe Lifsey, from Haxey, in Lincolnshire, said in a statement: “Emma meant the world to us. She was our much-loved daughter and a baby sister to her 11-year-old brother Jack.
“We are still trying to come to terms with the terrible incident on Tuesday afternoon and there are no words that can properly express how utterly distraught we are.”
Girl, 4, dies after level crossing crash
