Passenger Train Hits Milk Truck at Colorado Railroad Crossing, Badly Injuring Amtrak Engineer

Published on January 31, 2024

DENVER—An Amtrak train crashed into a truck carrying milk at a northeastern Colorado rail crossing, badly injuring the engineer and sending three passengers to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. The truck driver, a 31-year-old man from Fort Wainright, Alaska, drove through the crossing, which has a stop sign, and did not yield to the approaching Amtrak train on Monday night, Colorado State Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Troy Kessler said Tuesday. Neither he nor a male passenger were injured, he said. The engineer, a 42-year-old man from Park City, Utah, was airlifted to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, but Mr. Kessler did not have any more information about his condition. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said he couldn’t discuss the injured worker’s condition due to privacy reasons....

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