Elementary school remembers 2 girls killed in Amtrak train crash in Western Springs, Illinois

– Two girls from Pleasantdale Elementary School died after an Amtrak train struck a vehicle in Western Springs, authorities and school officials said.

Counselors and crisis staff were available on Thursday as the school district tries to process the tragedy.

The crash happened Wednesday at about 8 a.m. at the Wolf Road crossing. The impact left the vehicle engulfed in flames.

On Thursday morning, a makeshift memorial was outside the train station in downtown Western Springs near the crash.