PakNews: Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Truck was on tracks despite gates when struck by Amtrak train: U.S. report

A garbage truck was on the tracks despite lowered safety gates when it was struck by a train carrying Republican lawmakers in a fatal crash last month in rural Virginia, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday. Data from a camera mounted on the front of the chartered Amtrak train showed the gates were down at the crossing at the time of the crash, according to a preliminary NTSB report on the Jan. 31 accident. A passenger on the garbage truck was killed and two others on the truck were injured.