US intercity passenger train collides with truck, derails
{{date|July 17, 2007}}
[[Image:Amtrak 139 south across Central.jpg|right|thumb|Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida]]
An [[w:Amtrak|Amtrak]] passenger train de-railed after hitting a pickup truck in [[w:Plant City, Florida|Plant City]], [[Florida]], in the [[United States]]. The driver of the pickup truck was killed on impact. The crash occurred at a marked railroad crossing inside of an industrial area, according to an Amtrak spokesperson.

None of the 133 passengers were seriously hurt, however, the train's engineer and five passengers were taken to a local hospital after suffering minor injuries. The remaining passengers were taken to a local [[w:bowling alley|bowling alley]]. Although the train's two locomotives and nine cars de-railed, they remained upright. 

Witnesses report the train sounded its horns at the appropriate times. It was reported the pickup truck simply drove in front of the train.

The crash is the second to occur this week with a train; on Monday, a driver in a [[w:Pontiac Grand Am|Pontiac Grand Am]] deliberately ignored the lights and crossing arms at another railroad crossing in the area, and drove around them, into the path of a different Amtrak train on the same route. The impact caused the car to go airborne. All four people in the car were killed; no one on the train was injured.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/southwest/orl-bk-amtrak071707,0,3502394.story?coll=orl-news-headlines|title=Amtrak train smashes into truck in Plant City, killing 1|author=|pub=Orlando Sentinel|date=July 17, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289678,00.html|title=Amtrak Passenger Train Derails in Florida After Colliding With Truck|author=|pub=FOX News|date=July 17, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/071707/D8QEIRU80.shtml|title=Driver killed when Amtrak train hits truck in Plant City|author=|pub=Associated Press|date=July 17, 2007}}

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[[Category:North America]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:Florida]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Transport]]
[[Category:Rail transport]]
[[Category:Amtrak]]
Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida
An Amtrak passenger train de-railed after hitting a pickup truck in Plant City, Florida, in the United States. The driver of the pickup truck was killed on impact. The crash occurred at a marked railroad crossing inside of an industrial area, according to an Amtrak spokesperson.

None of the 133 passengers were seriously hurt, however, the train's engineer and five passengers were taken to a local hospital after suffering minor injuries. The remaining passengers were taken to a local bowling alley. Although the train's two locomotives and nine cars de-railed, they remained upright. 

Witnesses report the train sounded its horns at the appropriate times. It was reported the pickup truck simply drove in front of the train.

The crash is the second to occur this week with a train; on Monday, a driver in a Pontiac Grand Am deliberately ignored the lights and crossing arms at another railroad crossing in the area, and drove around them, into the path of a different Amtrak train on the same route. The impact caused the car to go airborne. All four people in the car were killed; no one on the train was injured.
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