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Passenger train, truck collide on Central Coast

At least four people were hurt in a collision involving a passenger train and tanker truck in Santa Barbara County Wednesday.
Santa Barbara County Fire Department
At least four people were hurt in a collision involving a passenger train and tanker truck in Santa Barbara County Wednesday.

The collision is south of Guadalupe off Highway 1.

At least four people were hurt in a collision involving a passenger train and a tanker truck on the Central Coast.

It happened just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, off of Highway 1 south of Guadalupe.

The truck driver was seriously injured, and three train passengers were taken to a hospital for what were reported to be minor injuries. Amtrak is using buses to allow passengers to continue their trips.

The area where the collision occurred is rural farmland. It was apparently a private railroad crossing, with a sign but no flashing lights or guard gate.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.