4 folks have 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 Practice 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 keeping with an Amtrak spokesperson. There have been 218 passengers and crew members on board.
The Santa Barbara County Hearth Division responded to the crash close to Freeway 1 and Brown Highway and transported 4 folks to Marian Regional Medical Middle for therapy, in keeping 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 have been instructed to stay inside till buses arrived to take them to their vacation spot, he stated.
Freeway 1 is presently closed between Essential Road and Brown Highway. Amtrak police are cooperating with native legislation enforcement to analyze the incident.
A truck driver was killed in the same incident in June when a semi-truck collided with a Metrolink prepare close to Moorpark. In July, a girl misplaced her arm after a motorcycle she was holding was hit by a prepare as she was crossing railroad tracks in Ventura.
