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Train, Truck Collide In White County

Last updated on Tuesday, October 28, 2014

(WHITE COUNTY) - A northern Indiana sheriff says 14 passengers and crew members have been hurt in a crash between an Amtrak passenger train and a semitrailer in northwestern Indiana.

White County Sheriff Pat Shafer tells The Associated Press 14 people complaining of pain were taken to local hospitals after the crash that happened around 8:30 am Tuesday at State Road 421 and 200 North.

Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says no one suffered serious or life-threatening injuries in Tuesday morning's crash involving the Hoosier State line in a rural area about 25 miles north of Lafayette.

He says train carrying 56 passengers and three crew members from Indianapolis to Chicago collided with a semi that was blocking the tracks. Magliari says it's unclear why the driver disregarded signs at the marked crossing.

The Journal & Courier reports the trailer was split into two large pieces by the collision along crossing along U.S. 421 near the White County town of Reynolds.

Photos courtesy Monticello Herald Journal.

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