(Source: News & Observer, March 9, 2015)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sixty-two people, including the train’s engineer, were taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening, said Lt. Jeff Gordon, a Highway Patrol spokesman. The tractor-trailer and the oversize load it was carrying – a mobile-home-size building wrapped in heavy blue plastic – was being escorted by the N.C. State Highway Patrol when it was hit by Amtrak’s Carolinian at about 12:15 p.m. The truck and its trooper escort were eastbound on N.C. 903 when they crossed the tracks and attempted to make a left turn onto northbound U.S. 301. Truck driver John Devin Black of Claremont was unsuccessful and backed the trailer onto the railroad tracks just as the Amtrak train was approaching, Gordon said.
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