AMTRAK HITS BIG RIG; FOUR IN VEHICLES HURT.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer CHATSWORTH - Four people were hurt, one critically, Monday when an Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run train hit a big rig Big Rig was a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area fronted by singer/songwriter Jesse Michaels. Michaels performed with the group after the break up of his previous project, Operation Ivy, and before forming the band Common Rider. stuck on the railroad tracks, pushing it into a motorcycle and two cars waiting at the Lassen Street crossing. The 1:16 p.m. crash knocked the motorcyclist off his bike and smashed the front of two cars that had stopped, waiting for the train to pass. The motorcyclist was taken to Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in the Northridge town of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is currently operated by Catholic Healthcare West. History The hospital was founded in 1955 by Dr. in critical condition, and three people in the two cars suffered minor injuries, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . . One passenger on the train suffered an anxiety attack after the collision, but she was evaluated and stayed on the Santa Barbara-bound train, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said. Chatsworth resident Mike Kovak said he was driving on Lassen when he saw the driver of the tractor-trailer rig trying to reverse back into a parking lot near the tracks. The gates came down, he said, trapping the big rig on the tracks. ``He just couldn't get it over the tracks fast enough,'' Kovak said. ``When the train hit, the trailer flew and dragged the cab behind. It look like it exploded.'' Newbury Park-bound Glen Krapff, 36, was asleep in his seat on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. It is the second-busiest rail route in the Amtrak system after the Northeast Corridor. when the collision occurred. ``I hit the seat in front of me and my hat flew off,'' he said, during a brief stop at the Chatsworth Metrolink Station. The Amtrak train was heading from San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. to Santa Barbara and was delayed about 90 minutes by the collision. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) An Amtrak train bound for Santa Barbara slammed into a stalled big rig, above, pushing it into two cars and a motorcycle, shown below. The collision, which injured four people, occurred Monday at the Lassen Street crossing in Chatsworth. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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