The incident occurred on Monday afternoon just south of the state’s border with Virginia, local media reported, when a northbound Amtrak train collided with a truck near US Highway 301.
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Photographs reportedly from the scene of the crash show at least one derailed train car, and area law enforcement say as many as three cars may have come off the tracks.
Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp told The Daily Herald that injuries were reported, but are not believed to be life-threatening.
Ted Camarata, a passenger on the train, told WRAL that the train was the Amtrak Carolinian, traveling from Raleigh, NC to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"There was a massive jerk and we were kind of thrown forward a little bit, and the train came to a sudden stop," another passenger, Charlotte Story, told the news network. "I couldn't tell you if it was trying to slow down or not. There was no whistle. It came completely out of the blue."
Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp told The Daily Herald that injuries were reported, but were not believed to be life-threatening.
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