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TRAIN-CAR CRASH CAUGHT ON TAPE


Train Slamming Into Car Caught On Tape

180 Passengers On Board Train

POSTED: 9:03 am EDT October 17, 2007
UPDATED: 9:46 am EDT October 17, 2007

An Amtrak train crashed into a car that broke down on the tracks of Highway 290 just after midnight Tuesday, police said.

Police said a woman was making a left turn to cross the tracks when her car broke down on the tracks.

A nearby police officer pulled the woman out of her car just before the passenger train slammed into the car, police said.

The train dragged the car a half-mile before both the car and the front engine of the train burst into flames, police said.

Officials evacuated the 180 passengers on board the train because they were worried about gas leaks, police said.

Amtrak officials brought in a new front engine and the train was allowed to continue to Washington, D.C., its final destination, around 6 a.m.

No one was hurt in the crash.
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