MAYVILLE, NY-- Two people are now facing charges in Chautauqua County related to a train crash that happened earlier this summer.
The sheriff's office says Christopher Weston, 25, and a 16-year-old poured gasoline inside a vehicle and placed it on the tracks, hoping it would be set on fire.
A train hit that vehicle on the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks in Ripley.
Weston is charged with unlawful interference with a railroad train and attempted arson. He was remanded to the Chautauqua County Jail on $5,000 bail, $10,000 bodn.
The 16-year-old teen was charged with unlawful interference with a railroad train and was released under supervision.