4 individuals have been injured and 1000’s of gallons of diesel gasoline spilled after an Amtrak practice struck a disabled semi-truck obstructing the observe close to Lompoc on Wednesday afternoon, authorities mentioned.
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 accordance with an Amtrak spokesperson. There have been 218 passengers and crew members on board.
The Santa Barbara County Fireplace Division responded to the crash close to Freeway 1 and Brown Highway and transported 4 individuals to Marian Regional Medical Heart for therapy, in accordance with division spokesperson Scott Safechuck. The truck driver sustained main accidents, and three passengers sustained minor accidents, he mentioned.
The semi-truck was knocked sideways off the observe and spilled about 3,600 gallons of diesel gasoline, Safechuck mentioned.
The practice remained upright on the observe and passengers have been instructed to stay inside till buses arrived to take them to their vacation spot, he mentioned.
Freeway 1 is at present closed between Primary Avenue and Brown Highway. Amtrak police are cooperating with native regulation enforcement to analyze the incident.
A truck driver was killed in an identical incident in June when a semi-truck collided with a Metrolink practice close to Moorpark. In July, a lady misplaced her arm after a motorbike she was holding was hit by a practice as she was crossing railroad tracks in Ventura.
