The dead were Mrs. Albert Boothe, 34, and her son Troy, 12. Troy was killed instantly, while his mother died in the Sterling Hospital at 11:15 p.m. four hours after the crash.

Seriously injured were Albert Boothe, 38, Mrs. Boothe's husband and a neighbor child, Shirley McBroom, 4. Other children injured, but only slightly were the Boothe children, Robert 13, Billy 9, Barbara 5, and Roger 2.

The Boothe car containing the 8 passengers was rammed broadside by the eastbound disel powered engine shortly after the driver had halted the vehicle at the crossing to await the passing of a westbound passenger train. The car reportedly stalled in the path of the eastbound train. It was demolished.

Dixon Evening Telegraph 17 August 1949