JAMESTOWN, N.C. — A North Carolina Passenger Rail Service train hit a tractor-trailer on the tracks in Jamestown on Monday evening.
The accident happened near Dillon Road and West Main Street shortly after 5 p.m.
State troopers said the tractor-trailer driver, 23-year-old Frederick Paul Carr, failed to yield when he drove over the train tracks. An Amtrak passenger train that was traveling to Charlotte from Raleigh then hit the truck.
Officials said video from Amtrak shows the truck driver didn't stop when the flashing red lights were on at the crossing. The driver's trailer then got stuck on the tracks. The trailer was empty.
There were 57 passengers on board the train and no injuries were reported from them.
Troopers said the truck driver had minor injuries after he got out of the vehicle before the crash, but he didn't have to go to the hospital.
Another car that was stopped at the crossing bar had some damage from crash debris. The woman and 7-year-old child in the car were not hurt, officials said.
The NC Passenger Rail Service train is run by the North Carolina Department of Transportation and is partnered with Amtrak.
Calvin Taylor-Payne was in the gas station parking lot when he heard the train crash.
"It was definitely the loudest thing I’ve heard in my life. I’ve heard some pretty loud before as far as gunfire and things like that but never ever have I seen anything or heard anything like that," Taylor-Payne said.
He said the trucker used his horn but he was just stuck on the tracks.
"Yes, indeed he was definitely laying on his horn. He was definitely laying on his horn, but unfortunately, you know with the truck being right there, the gates down he couldn’t get through, that was just it," he said.
Amtrak transferred passengers to a different train.