BENKELMAN, Neb. — Amtrak said a small number of passengers have been taken to hospitals after a train carrying about 175 people between San Francisco and California derailed in Nebraska.
The California Zephyr train ran into some equipment on the tracks and derailed about 8 a.m. near Benkelman, not far from the state’s borders with Kansas and Colorado, Amtrak said.
Two locomotives and the first three of 10 passenger cars left the tracks. Some of the cars tipped onto their sides but there was no fire.
Amtrak spokesman Mark Magliari said he can’t confirm the exact number of injuries. Dundy County Hospital spokeswoman Sandy Noffsinger said seven patients are being treated there, but none of their injuries are considered life-threatening.
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