LEXINGTON, N.C. — One passenger was reportedly hospitalized after a Charlotte-bound Amtrak Piedmont train struck a tractor-trailer at a grade crossing on Tuesday morning, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.
The accident occurred about 9 a.m. No additional information was available on the injured passenger. No other injuries to passengers or crew were reported, and Lexington police said the driver of the truck was not injured.
The train, Piedmont No. 73, eventually returned to High Point, N.C., about 18 miles away, and terminated there, according to the Amtrak Alerts Twitter feed. Passengers were transferred to a later train, No. 75.
Lexington is about 60 miles northeast of Charlotte.
