4 folks had been injured and 1000’s of gallons of diesel gas spilled after an Amtrak prepare struck a disabled semi-truck obstructing the observe close to Lompoc on Wednesday afternoon, authorities stated.
Amtrak Prepare 14 was touring from Los Angeles to Seattle when it bumped into the truck at 4:12 p.m. simply north of the Lompac-Surf station in Santa Barbara County, in line with an Amtrak spokesperson. There have been 218 passengers and crew members on board.
The Santa Barbara County Fireplace Division responded to the crash close to Freeway 1 and Brown Street and transported 4 folks to Marian Regional Medical Middle for remedy, in line with division spokesperson Scott Safechuck. The truck driver sustained main accidents, and three passengers sustained minor accidents, he stated.
The semi-truck was knocked sideways off the observe and spilled about 3,600 gallons of diesel gas, Safechuck stated.
The prepare remained upright on the observe and passengers had been instructed to stay inside till buses arrived to take them to their vacation spot, he stated.
Freeway 1 is presently closed between Foremost Road and Brown Street. Amtrak police are cooperating with native regulation enforcement to analyze the incident.
A truck driver was killed in an analogous incident in June when a semi-truck collided with a Metrolink prepare close to Moorpark. In July, a girl misplaced her arm after a motorbike she was holding was hit by a prepare as she was crossing railroad tracks in Ventura.
