Truck, train collide in US; 1 dead, 60 injured

An emergency official says one person was killed and more than 60 others were injured in a collision between a logging truck and a train taking passengers on a scenic tour of fall foliage in West Virginia.
Emergency services director Jim Wise says at least three people were critically hurt. Wise says 21 were taken to a hospital by ambulance and 45 others were taken there by bus with lesser injuries.
Pocahontas County emergency services director Shawn Dunbrack said two passenger cars on the Durbin & Greenbrier Railroad train overturned in the accident.
Authorities say the collision occurred last afternoon in the eastern part of West Virginia.
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First Published: Oct 12 2013 | 3:10 AM IST
