[californiadisasters] Twenty Hospitalized When Amtrak Train Hits Truck

Twenty hospitalized when Amtrak train hits truck

Associated Press August 6, 2010 09:16 PM Copyright Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

San Francisco Chronicle

Friday, August 6, 2010

(08-06) 21:16 PDT SHAFTER, Calif. (AP) --

Police say 20 people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries after an Amtrak train hit a big-rig truck in the Kern County city of Shafter Friday.

Shafter police Sgt. Randy Milligan says the southbound Amtrak train hit the truck at a crossing around 3:55 p.m. Friday.

Police say the truckdriver, 49-year-old Luis Camagro of McFarland, Calif., walked away from the crash unhurt.

Amtrak officials said the train, Amtrak San Joaquin train 714, was traveling from Oakland to Bakersfield with 219 passengers on board. Officials say the train was traveling around 79 miles per hour when it hit the truck.

The remaining passengers were transported by bus to the Bakersfield Amtrak station.

Police say the signals and caution arms at the crossing were working properly at the time of the crash.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/08/06/state/n192604D39.DTL&tsp=1

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