2015 Oxnard train derailment | |
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Details | |
Date | February 24, 2015 5:44 a.m. local time (13:44 UTC) |
Location | Oxnard, California |
Coordinates | 34°11′50″N 119°08′32″W / 34.19712°N 119.14227°W |
Country | United States |
Line | Ventura County Line |
Operator | Metrolink |
Incident type | Road crossing collision |
Cause | Truck driver mistakenly turning onto railroad tracks |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Vehicles | 2 |
Passengers | 51 |
Crew | 3 |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 33 |
The 2015 Oxnard train derailment occurred on February 24, 2015, at 5:44 a.m. local time when a Metrolink passenger train collided with a truck that a driver had mistakenly turned from Rice Avenue onto the tracks and became stuck. After the impact, the train derailed at Oxnard, California, United States. As a result of the crash, the train engineer died from his injuries a week later and 32 passengers and crew members were injured. The truck driver exited his vehicle and ran from the scene prior to the crash; he sustained minor injuries that were unrelated to the crash sequence.