Amtrak train bound for New Orleans crashes with semi-truck in Texas

Saturday, August 31, 2019
LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas (WPVI) -- An Amtrak train bound for New Orleans is moving again after it crashed with an 18-wheeler.

It happened in Liberty County, Texas Friday afternoon.
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Eighteen people on the train and the semi-truck driver had minor injuries.

Amtrak said the lead locomotive had some minor wheel damage that caused the derailment.
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