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Dozens Injured As California Commuter Metrolink Train Crashes And Derails

Dozens Injured In LA Commuter Train Crash
Sara C Nelson
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Dozens of people have been injured after a commuter train crashed into a truck and derailed in southern California on Tuesday.

Three cars of the Metrolink train were hurled onto their sides in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured.

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An overturned Metrolink passenger car in Oxnard, California

Television news helicopters showed several firetrucks surrounding the tracks, running parallel to a road and a field.

Firefighters were treating victims.

One toppled car laid with one end on the tracks and another on the street. Another passenger car derailed but didn't topple, and the locomotive also remained upright.

Little was left of the truck but scorched and mangled wreckage — some debris was in a nearby intersection and some close to the tracks.

Oxnard police Sgt. Denise Shadinger said the crash was reported at 5:44 am and said only that there was an unspecified number of injuries.

Metrolink's website said the train was on a run from Ventura County to Los Angeles.

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Firefighter stand in front of the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Passengers stand near the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A firefighter climbs into the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Passengers stand near the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firfighter work at the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters attend to a Metrolink accident on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters and passengers stand near the wreck of a Metrolink passenger train that derailed, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in agricultural country 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were injured. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A Metrolink locomotive and passenger car is derailed at the scene of a Metrolink accident on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters attend to injured passengers at the scene of a Metrolink collision, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train have derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters attend to injured passengers at the scene of a Metrolink accident on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A firefighter crawls out of a passenger train car at the scene of a Metrolink accident, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train have derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters attend to a Metrolink accident on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015 in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters arrive to attend to injured passengers at the scene of a Metrolink accident, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train have derailed and tumbled onto their sides after a collision with a truck on tracks in Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Johnny Corona) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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