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Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 12:44:56 PM

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Only reason I post this is that I know at least one submissive that at one point had a son commuting to Boston on this line. I hope to god that it wasn't his train as from the debrtis field I saw, it looked like a pretty solid hit ... waiting for more details. Will post when I have more.

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 12:54:54 PM

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Note - I am hearing on the radio that so far they are only reporting 1 death, the truckdriver.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/amtrak-train-truck-crash/2011/07/11/gIQA7dC38H_blog.html
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An Amtrak train has collided with a dump truck in Maine, and both caught fire, according to an Associated Press report. A statement from Amtrak reported that the truck driver has died, but there were no reports of “any serious or life-threatening injuries to the estimated 109 passengers.” However, the Associated Press quoted an official from the Maine Department of Public Safety as saying some of the passengers were injured, but the number and the severity of their injuries were unclear. The crash occurred in North Berwick about 11 a.m. Monday. “It looked like somebody dropped a bomb,” witness Tom Gorski told the wire service. “The flames were shooting higher than a three-story house. It brings tears to your eyes.” The train was part of Amtrak’s Downeaster service, which connects Portland, Maine, to Boston. North Berwick is about 40 miles south of Portland. Amtrak warned that passengers on the Downeaster line could expect delays throughout the day. Last month a tractor-trailer struck an Amtrak train near Reno, Nev. Six people died in that accident. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating that accident.

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 12:58:13 PM

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I hope he is well, Skip...

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 1:01:00 PM

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I remember when I first started driving a truck, they held a safety class & they explained about how much a train weighs & how if one was going to try to outrun the train, the truck was gonna lose. Every time!! Very sad for this driver's family & the passengers & their families also. I hope that the train staff was able to make it out ok.

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 2:44:12 PM

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Yeah, me too, it was a sub from here who told me in a cm that she had a son that rides that line several months ago in a CM... Looks now like there was 1 Death and an engineer and a few passengers.

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 2:46:04 PM

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I remember when I first started driving a truck, they held a safety class & they explained about how much a train weighs & how if one was going to try to outrun the train, the truck was gonna lose. Every time!! Very sad for this driver's family & the passengers & their families also. I hope that the train staff was able to make it out ok.

I am actually surprised there haven't been more such incidents, in as much as they are cutting truckers to the bone, expense and schedule-wise.

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RE: Amtrak Downeaster Collides With Truck in Berwick, Me - 7/11/2011 5:31:10 PM

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Thank you for posting the story. A terrible shame about the accident. My condolences to the family of the truck driver.

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