{"id":6123,"date":"2012-07-05T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T19:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:31","slug":"truck-driver-injured-after-amtrak-texas-eagle-slams-into-trucks-cab-in-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/6123\/truck-driver-injured-after-amtrak-texas-eagle-slams-into-trucks-cab-in-arlington\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck Driver Injured After Amtrak Texas Eagle Slams into Truck’s Cab in Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"

ARLINGTON, Tx. — A truck driver was seriously injured and hospitalized after an
\nAmtrak Texas Eagle train collided with the truck’s cab on Friday, June 29, at a private crossing in west Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Rescue crews carry a passenger from the Texas Eagle after a collision between the train and a tractor trailer on June 29, 2012 in west Arlington, Texas. Photo: Star-Telegram\/Joyce Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n

The accident occurred at about 5 p.m.\u00a0Friday, June 29, on the driveway to the Howell Farms banquet center, just off Texas 180 near the Arlington-Fort Worth line. The cab of the truck, which was carrying grass pallets, was wedged beneath one of the rail cars at the scene at 4000 W. Division St.<\/p>\n

Arlington police spokeswoman Zhivonni McDonnell told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/a>\u00a0 that the locomotive of the westbound Texas Eagle, carrying 140 passengers and crew on its Chicago-to-San Antonio run, tore the tractor from the trailer and dragged it 300 feet down the Union Pacific track.<\/p>\n

Amtrak spokesman Steve Kulm says the train remained on the tracks and that no one aboard was hurt. However, McDonnell says a few passengers did seek medical attention.<\/p>\n

It was the second collision in that area and the third on the Union Pacific line since October, when an engineer in an eastbound locomotive disregarded a warning signal and struck a parked train.<\/p>\n

No one was hurt in that crash, but three engines and five rail cars were damaged and part of Division Street was shut down for about a day.<\/p>\n

The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n

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For more information about Texas trucking laws, truck injury causes and victims rights, contact an experienced Texas truck accident lawyer<\/a>. For a free initial consultation, contact nationwide truck accident attorneys, Gordon, Elias & Seely LLP, for expert advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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