"Rutland, VT, USA - August 20, 2012: AMTRAK coach class train car stopped at a station in Rutland, Vermont with a railroad crossing sign and warning lights in the foreground. This is the Ethan Allen Express passenger train operated by AMTRAK, which runs the 241-mile route (388 km) between New York City and Rutland, Vermont, via Albany. The service is subsidized by Vermont State and carries about 50,000 passengers a year. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak is operated and managed as a for-profit corporation and began operations on May 1, 1971 to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States."
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CHALMERS, IN – A collision between an Amtrak train and a garbage truck on State Road 43 left three individuals with minor injuries in White County on Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at approximately 8:15 a.m. near the town of Chalmers. The impact of the crash resulted in the destruction of the garbage truck, which reportedly failed to yield to the oncoming train carrying a full load of passengers.
Prompt emergency response led to the swift transportation of the two truck occupants and one train passenger to a nearby hospital for treatment of their minor injuries.
