Truck Strikes Amtrak California Zephyr Enroute from Chicago to Emeryville, CA

by Gary Kopycinski on June 24, 2011

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OAKLAND—(ENEWSPF)—June 24, 2011. At about 11:20 a.m. PDT time, a semi tractor-trailer rig drove into the side of an Amtrak train at a public railroad crossing east of Reno, Nev. There are reports of injuries to Amtrak passengers and crew. At the time, there were approximately 204 passengers and 14 crew members aboard Train 5, the westbound California Zephyr, enroute from Chicago to Emeryville, Calif.