At least 20 passengers were injured Monday when a tractor-trailer struck an Amtrak train in the Central Valley region of California, derailing several of its cars, according to the Associated Press.
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The train, carrying 169 passengers in all, wasn’t far from the farming town of Hanford when the crash took place. AP reported that the tractor-trailer, carrying a load of cotton trash, failed to stop at the train tracks and hit the train. The impact derailed two train cars and a locomotive.
Authorities believe that the train, coming from Oakland to Bakersfield, may have been traveling at about 80 mph when the accident took place, according to AP.
The tractor-trailer driver sustained minor injuries, and authorities are probing whether the accident was due to driver error or whether the arm of a crossing gate didn’t work properly.
AP described the injuries to passengers as “minor to moderate.”