Amtrak Train Hits Pickup Truck in Plant City

Jenny Albano

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An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck today at 3:15 P.M. and derailed. None of the 133 passengers on the train to New York were injured in the accident.

All the passengers were evacuated by a Plant City bowling alley. All 33 train cars derailed after the crash, but none of the cars tipped over.

There was barely anything left of the pickup truck after the accident. Amtrak spokeswomen Karina Romero said the train hit a concrete truck, but reports from the Hillsborough Fire Rescue said it was a pickup truck.

This is the second train wreck since yesterday, and both collisions occurred in the Tampa Bay area. The train crash that occurred yesterday killed four passengers from the car that was struck by the train.

For more information on this subject, please refer to our section on Airlines, Cruises, Buses, and Other Mass Transit Accidents.