(Source: New York Post, August 28, 2011)
BENKELMAN, Neb. — An Amtrak train headed from California to Chicago struck a demolition crane in southwest Nebraska on Friday, forcing two locomotives and three passenger cars off the rails, and injuring 22 people, officials said.
The train, which was running on Amtrak’s California Zephyr route from Emeryville, Calif., to Chicago, had 175 passengers and 17 crewmembers on board when it struck the crane at about 8 a.m. near Benkelman.
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