
Amtrak train carrying more than 90 passengers collides with 18-wheeler in Texas
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An Amtrak train carrying more than 100 people collided with an 18-wheeler in Texas on Tuesday morning, officials confirmed
An Amtrak train carrying more than 100 people collided with an 18-wheeler in Texas on Tuesday morning, officials confirmed.
In a statement, Amtrak said “a vehicle came into contact with the train on Union Pacific Railroad tracks near Houston.”
The train was traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans with 93 passengers and 11 crew members onboard, it said.
Officials in Missouri City, about 20 miles southwest of Houston, confirmed that fire personnel were responding to an accident involving the Amtrak train and an 18-wheeler and had extinguished a fire.
Missouri City Fire Chief Mario Partida said fire crews responded to reports of the accident on the southwest side of Houston around 11 a.m. local time.

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