Tanker driver dies after Wednesday Amtrak crash near Guadalupe; Hwy. 1 closed for repairs

Driver killed, three passengers hurt in California Amtrak grade crossing accident

GUADALUPE, Calif. — The vehicle driver has died and three passengers were injured in a Wednesday (Oct. 1) collision between Amtrak’s northbound Coast Starlight and a tank truck carrying diesel fuel in rural Santa Barbara County The local website Noozhawk reports the incident occurred about 4:15 p.m., with Santa Barbara County Fire Capt. Scott Safechuck reporting the diver was transported to Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria with majo…

Truck driver dies after crash with Amtrak; train passenger calls delay, confusion frustrating

Hazmat crews cleaned fuel from the intersection of Brown Road and Highway 1 Thursday morning — the highway remained closed south of Guadalupe until about 1 p.m. — as wreckage of a semi-truck that was hit by an Amtrak train…

Tanker driver dies after Wednesday Amtrak crash near Guadalupe; Hwy. 1 closed for repairs

The driver of a tanker-trailer that collided with an Amtrak passenger train on Wednesday afternoon died later at a local hospital, according to a Thursday morning release from the California Highway Patrol.

Santa Maria truck driver dies following train crash

By KAREN VELIE A Santa Maria truck driver died after his truck was hit by an Amtrak train on Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The truck driver was traveling northbound on Highway 1 south of Guadalupe when he turned right onto a dirt road which led to an agricultural field. As the […]