There were also 69 empty cars. In emergency situations, deliberate derailment with derails or catch points is sometimes used to prevent a more serious accident.

Tweets have been down for the morning - but we're back. Nearly 30 people were injured, including at least four critically, when a Los Angeles-bound Metrolink commuter train derailed before dawn Tuesday in Oxnard after slamming into a truck on the tracks… Closure on Hwy 85 both directions at CR - 30 due to semi vs train crash. A CSX freight train collided with a commercial truck and derailed in the Baltimore area Tuesday, officials said, seriously injuring the truck's driver. "The train bisected the truck where the cab and the trailer meet." Lustgarten said the crash was recorded by cameras on board the train. Southbound Highway 85 reopens after train derailment near Platteville Four locomotives and 15 cars left the tracks, according to a spokesperson for Union Pacific.

March 1, 2007: A train on Hokkaido Railway Co.’﷯s Sekihoku Line collides with a trailer truck on a railroad crossing in Bihoro and derails, injuring 51 people. Several trains have derailed.

Content provided as an educational volunteer effort of the American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) , … The train struck the truck and derailed, and four of its five cars went onto the gravel and street. A train hauling a variety of new vehicles derailed in Lincoln County, Nevada, on the morning of July 10 and spilled new Jeep Gladiators, Wranglers, … Usually, the derailment of a train can be caused by a collision with another object, an operational error, the mechanical failure of tracks, such as broken rails, or the mechanical failure of the wheels. This notice copied from Amtrak's Service Alert board: "Amtrak Train Derails in Shafter, California "At approximately 4:04 pm this afternoon Amtrak San Joaquin Train #714, derailed after striking a truck at Shafter Avenue, a grade crossing in Shafter, California. Eight train cars derailed, according to police, and a significant amount of diesel fuel spilled. The freight train included three locomotives and three loaded cars. Truck driver 'was lost' when he turned onto tracks and caused LA commuter train crash - but fled vehicle before fiery collision which left 28 injured and was later arrested Log truck derails Amtrak Silver Meteor train in South Carolina.