Amtrak Train With 198 Passengers Derails After Hitting Truck on Tracks in Southern California

Amtrak Train With 198 Passengers Derails After Hitting Truck on Tracks in Southern California
A destroyed truck lies near a derailed Amtrak train in Moorpark, Calif., on June 28, 2023. Dean Musgrove/The Orange County Register via AP
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MOORPARK, Calif.—An Amtrak train carrying nearly 200 passengers struck a county water truck and derailed on Wednesday in Southern California, critically injuring the truck’s driver, authorities said.

Three of the train’s seven cars went off the tracks following the collision in Moorpark, said Ventura County Fire Department Captain Brian McGrath. Fourteen people on the train were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, while the truck driver was taken to a trauma center with a head injury, McGrath said.