train collides with vehicle

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A huge truck with a state trooper escort was stuck in a crossing with time enough to warn the railroad of trouble, but no one told the Amtrak passenger train before a crash that injured 55 people, officials said.

PENWELL, Texas (AP) -- At least 10 people were killed Wednesday when a bus carrying state prisoners skidded off an icy highway overpass in West Texas, slid down an embankment and collided with a passing train, a county sheriff said.

Police say three people aboard a NJ Transit train heading to Atlantic City suffered minor injuries after the trains struck a vehicle that became stuck on the tracks at a crossing.