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Commuter train hits truck in California

February 24, 2015 11:00 pm • Last Updated: February 24, 2015 10:47 pm

A firefighter stands near the burned wreckage of a truck that was hit by a Metrolink train that then derailed at a train crossing Tuesday in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in the town 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Twenty-eight people were taken to hospitals, with broken bones and head, neck and back injuries, the authorities said. Four people were critically injured, including the train's engineer, whom the authorities credited with quickly pulling the emergency brake and slowing the train after he spotted the truck sitting on the tracks.

A firefighter stands near the burned wreckage of a truck that was hit by a Metrolink train that then derailed at a train crossing Tuesday in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in the town 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Twenty-eight people were taken to hospitals, with broken bones and head, neck and back injuries, the authorities said. Four people were critically injured, including the train's engineer, whom the authorities credited with quickly pulling the emergency brake and slowing the train after he spotted the truck sitting on the tracks.

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