LI train hits car on tracks, killing 2 BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say two people were killed when an out-of-service Long Island Rail Road train struck a car that went around a crossing gate near the Brentwood station. A railroad spokesman says the train's engineer pulled the emergency brake, but the 80-mile-an-hour train slammed into the car, pushing it a half a mile until it came to a rest at the Brentwood station.