Police Department Sybil encourages truck drivers to be careful when crossing railway lines after Tuesday morning Amtrak passenger train hit the 18-Wheeler truck stuck on the crossing.
Truck hit by train pic.twitter.com/bW3526otWb
— Gojonewsnow (@gojonewsnow) February 26, 2020
«Your mother! — Heard comments of the eyewitness Chris Slaine who accidentally videotaped by a sudden collision. — This is why nobody likes the damn railway crossings».
Fortunately, no one was hurt. The video shows that the driver miraculously managed to avoid injury.
The Cibolo Police Department is urging truck drivers to use caution when crossing railroad tracks after an 18-wheeler was hit by an Amtrak passenger train Tuesday morning. https://t.co/H57r2K0Cy8 pic.twitter.com/niAhkjwoJD
— Laredo Morning Times (@lmtnews) February 27, 2020
A similar incident occurred the day before in Minnesota. As reported by KIMT, on Tuesday morning, the Sheriff of Freeborn said that a Union Pacific train crashed into a pickup truck Ram on a railway crossing on 120th street near highway 65.
A freight train slammed into a pickup truck crossing the tracks in southern Minnesota, seriously injuring the driver, authorities said. https://t.co/tJpauZVA60
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) November 25, 2020
Deputies together with the state patrol Minnesota Glenville fire Department and medics responded to a call and found Ram pickup truck in a ditch on the West side of the road. The car was a man. The driver was seriously injured. His air was taken to the hospital SV. Mary.
Truck led Gary Walstrom, a resident of the County Freeborn. The accident occurred at 9:54 am.
Last Thursday, February 20, at 10 a.m. a passenger Amtrak train crashed into a cement truck on Frontage road 417 near the dam of Derby, East of sparks. As the head of a battalion fire protection Truckee Meadows, two people were taken to hospital with minor injuries, and one person received treatment at the scene.
In the message of Amtrak stated that the train the California Zephyr was heading from Chicago to Emeryville onboard there were 78 passengers, anybody from them has not suffered.
At approx 10am, #TMFPD and @StoreyCounty Fire responded to a collision between an @Amtrak train and cement truck. Two were transported to hospital with minor injuries, one was treated at the scene. No derailment. The incident is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/yiXJAVR4Sp
— Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District (@TMFPD) February 20, 2020
