Emergency services work to free occupant of vehicle hit by train near Albany
Multiple occupants of the vehicle were injured in the collision, which occurred at about 2pm on Redmond-Hay River Road, near the intersection of Siding Road in the suburb of Redmond.
The ABC understands there were five people in the car — a man and a woman in their 30s and three children under the age of 10.
The woman is in a critical condition.
The man and three children will be taken to Albany Health Campus but are understood to be unscathed or suffering minor injuries.
Three Albany Fire and Rescue vehicles and six crews from St John Ambulance are at the scene.
Firefighters are working to free the person trapped in the vehicle, which witnesses described as a dark-coloured Mitsubishi Triton.
The RAC rescue helicopter has been dispatched from Perth and is en route.
Two males on the train are understood to have escaped injury but are being treated for shock.
Witnesses said the train sounded its horn before it hit the ute and pushed it 30 to 40 metres before both came to a stop.
Officers on the scene told witnesses that the road and train line had been closed and would remain so until major crash detectives assessed the scene.
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