Faran Thomason via Twitter
The San Joaquin Amtrak train derailed Monday afternoon south of Fresno, Calif. after colliding with a big rig on the tracks. Twenty-three people were injured.
By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
Updated at 7:32 p.m. ET: A southbound Amtrak passenger derailed early Monday afternoon south of Hanford, Calif., after a semitrailer ran into it, according to an Amtrak statement.
Between 30 and 50 people sustained minor to moderate injuries. According to the Fresno Bee newspaper, the driver of the big rig was pinned in his vehicle.
The truck, which carried cotton trash, pushed through the crossing bars and into the locomotive and the last passenger car, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham told NBC News. She said other alarm signals -- lights flashing and bells sounding -- were in effect.
She said 169 passengers were aboard the San Joaquin train, which runs between the San Francisco Bay Area and Bakersfield.
Faran Thomason, a passenger who identifies himself as Junglecat on Twitter, wrote that he was ?in the middle of nowhere by Hanford,? and that the train ?hit a semi on the track.?
?#amtrak train is leaking diesel...can't be good,? Thomason wrote. He also posted an image.
This is a developing story.?
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