A pregnant aspiring model was killed by a freight train
after she became stuck between two railroad tracks while posing for a photo shoot.
Fredzania Thompson, 19, died on Friday afternoon after
being struck near the intersection of Hollister and Lee Street
in downtown Navasota, police said.
The teen had been standing between two sets of tracks
when a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) train approached and she moved out of the way onto another track.
Thompson was not aware there was a Union Pacific train
approaching in the opposite direction and ended up stuck.
The photographer was not hurt in the accident.
Union Pacific spokesman Jeff De Graff, told the Navasota
Examiner that the train crew had alerted them with the
horn as they approached them and began the emergency stop process.
The incident occurred before 1pm and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Authorities stopped traffic in Navasota for five hours following the accident as they conducted an investigation.




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