According to ABC 7’WJLA, an Amtrak train due to arrive at DC’s Union Station at 4:30 crashed into a truck in the town of Halifax, North Carolina en route. More courtesy of ABC 7 (who also provided pictures);
The first two cars of the train derailed after the collision, Temple said. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said in a news release that the other car that derailed was a baggage car.
Several people were hurt, though the transportation agency said the injuries were minor. The agency also said no deaths were reported.
It was not immediately clear how many people may have been hurt.
Sheriff’s Major Scott Hall said from the crash scene that some passengers were taken to a local hospital by ambulance, but others were able to climb aboard a shuttle bus to be taken for examination.
