Two adults and a child are dead after a train struck them along a rail trestle at the Sandusky River in Fremont.

On Monday afternoon, authorities announced that they recovered the body of a 5-year-old girl from the Sandusky River. Three people are now confirmed dead and a 14-month-old infant was rescued after a Norfolk Southern train struck pedestrians while crossing the Miles Newton Bridge in Fremont Sunday evening.

The death toll of an Ohio train crash has risen to three after a 5-year-old child was found dead near the site of the collision. A 14-month-old child who was hospitalized in critical condition is reportedly the sole survivor.

Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez confirmed three dead and an infant rescued after a train struck pedestrians crossing the Miles Newton Bridge on Sunday.

The Sandusky County Sheriff said two women and a 5-year-old child died. A child pulled from the river was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Two adults are dead, a child is missing and a baby was rushed to the hospital when a train hit pedestrians in Fremont, Ohio. Here's the latest.

“I saw a little purple jacket and thought, that’s a baby. And that just shook me, and I went and got the baby. You could see her go under and go back up. And when I got to her, she was leaning back and that scared me. I got her up, and I could tell she was breathing,” said Kieffer. The one-year-old girl was the only survivor.

A mother, 58 years old, and her daughter 38 years old, are dead after being struck by a train in Fremont, according to City of Fremont Mayor Danny Sanchez. Two young children were also hit.

Train collision in Fremont, Ohio, results in two fatalities and one child critically injured, with another child missing.

The fishing community in Fremont is still trying to come to terms with the tragedy that unfolded Sunday night. Some of them even witnessed the child’s body being recovered from the water Monday morning.