2015 Oxnard train derailment
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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 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.
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South Rice Avenue, Oxnard
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N 34.19712 ° | E -119.14227 ° |
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South Rice Avenue
South Rice Avenue
93030 Oxnard
California, United States
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