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Fresno Mother Charged In Death Of Daughter Killed By Train

FRESNO (CBS SF / AP) -- Police in the Central Valley say a woman has been arrested on felony child neglect charges after her 8-year-old daughter was killed as she crawled under a train in downtown Fresno.

Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says 44-year-old Joy Collins urged the girl and her 9-year-old brother to crawl under the idling train so the family wouldn't miss a bus home.

Joy Frances Collins
Joy Frances Collins. (Fresno Police Department)

Dyer said Tuesday the boy made it but the girl was reluctant to get under the Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train. When she did, the train lurched and trapped her under its wheels, dragging and killing her as Collins ran behind in desperation.

It was not immediately known if Collins has an attorney.

© Copyright 2018 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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