{"id":48731,"date":"2024-05-20T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T04:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=48731"},"modified":"2024-05-20T14:53:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T04:53:26","slug":"3-dead-after-amtrak-train-collides-with-pickup-truck-in-western-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=48731","title":{"rendered":"3 dead after Amtrak train collides with pickup truck in western New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three people died after an Amtrak train struck a pickup truck in western New York north of Buffalo, fire officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the truck\u2019s passengers were pronounced dead at the scene Friday night in North Tonawanda, the city\u2019s fire chief told CNN in a phone call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were no reported injuries to the 21 passengers and crew members on the train, Amtrak said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amtrak train 281 was traveling north from New York to Niagara Falls when it hit the vehicle on the track, Amtrak said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three passengers were trapped in the truck when the North Tonawanda fire department arrived shortly before 8 p.m. ET and first responders from neighboring towns arrived to help,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ntfd1333\/posts\/pfbid036TJT8LvAvHyfqJH4fG6wuLMj4UoP2U8xYSkm6pLK9gTeuQAzF4X7dUpxCJo2w493l\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to a news release<\/a>&nbsp;from the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Railroad-highway grade crossing incidents are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/railroads.dot.gov\/railroad-safety\/divisions\/highway-rail-crossing-and-trespasser-programs\/railroad-crossing-safety#:~:text=Nationally%2C%20more%20than%202%2C000%20incidents,to%20reduce%20grade%20crossing%20incidents.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the second-leading cause<\/a>&nbsp;of rail-related deaths in the United States and more than 200 deaths occur at grade crossings annually, according to the Federal Railroad Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people died after an Amtrak train struck a pickup truck in western New York north of Buffalo, fire officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":48914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2424,163],"tags":[9454,8340,9455],"class_list":["post-48731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-level-crossing","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","tag-amtrak","tag-new-york","tag-north-tonawanda"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48915,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48731\/revisions\/48915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}