Amtrak train cars derail in southern Michigan
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Posted: 2:33 PM Feb 1, 2012
Amtrak train cars derail in southern Michigan
Leoni Township, Mich.
Authorities say 10 people were hurt after a Chicago-bound Amtrak train smashed into a semitruck that got stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.
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Authorities say 10 people were hurt after a Chicago-bound Amtrak train smashed into a semitruck that got stuck on the tracks in southern Michigan.

Amtrak says the lead engine and at least two train cars derailed Wednesday morning in Leoni Township, 45 miles south of Lansing. The train was carrying 68 passengers and five crew members.

Blackman-Leoni Township Department of Public Safety Director Mike Jester says seven passengers, the truck driver, the train engineer and another Amtrak employee were injured.

Jester says there were no life-threatening injuries and they were taken to a hospital in Jackson.

The train began its trip in Pontiac, north of Detroit.
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