An Amtrak train bound to Chicago from Indianapolis collided with a semi-truck along northwestern Indiana rail tracks on Tuesday injuring 14 people in the train, police stated.
Pat Shafer, a White County sheriff told the Associated Press that 14 among the passengers of the train were injured complaining of pain. They were taken to the hospital. Shafer cleared that none of them is the truck driver but the severity of pain endured by the 14 passengers are yet to be confirmed.
Shafer said the collision occurred at around 8:20 a.m. when the northbound train struck the semi-truck. He said the train was able to split the truck in half. Passengers who were not injured by the incident were taken from the scene on buses.
"The collision ripped the truck in half," Shafer told The Associated Press.
Marc Magliari, spokesperson of Amtrak, clarified that no one on board the Hoosier State line suffered serious or life-threatening injuries in the collision.
Magliari said that the incident occurred shortly after the train left Lafayette, where it made a second stop to get passengers after leaving Indianapolis. Inside the train were 56 passengers and three crew members.
Magliari also said that it was still unclear why the truck driver ignored train crossings at the marked public train crossing along a White County road intersecting with U.S. 421.
