A man was killed after an Amtrak train collided with a car on Thursday night in Gautier, marking the second fatal train crash along the Mississippi Coast in less than two months, according to multiple local media outlets.

The crash occurred just after 8:15 p.m. on Ladnier Road, the Sun Herald reported . Authorities later identified the victim as 29-year-old Tavares Johnson Jr. He died on the scene.

The Gautier Police Department told the Sun Herald that no passengers on the train were hurt. Police did not say if Johnson was the driver of the car or if there were passengers inside the vehicle.

The Amtrak Mardi Gras route launched this summer , connecting New Orleans and Mobile with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.

Authorities did not immediately respond to c

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