Six people are dead, including three children, after a train crashed into a car crossing railroad tracks in Hillsborough County, Florida, on Saturday evening.

A group in an SUV was on their way to a quinceañera at a home just across the railroad tracks when the train crashed into them at around 6:45 p.m. Four males and three females were in the car, some of them children, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said.

A witness parked by the tracks honked the horn to try to get the group's attention.

Florida train crashes into vehicle, killing at least 5, injuring 2

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"The SUV, we can see from the video, begins to catapult and flip violently several times before it landed a distance from this crossing," Sheriff Chad Chronister said at a news briefing Saturday night.

The railroad crossing area is not a very well-traveled, and it is marked with a stop sign encouraging people to stop and look both ways, Chronister said.

Deputies and other first responders arrived after they got a call about an accident near Jim Lefler Circle and U.S. Route 92 in Plant City.

"This SUV that looks like a soft drink can that's been smashed. It's that horrible to see," Chronister said.

Five passengers were “violently ejected from the SUV” and found dead at the scene.

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