This morning, a commuter train hit a truck that was abandoned. No one was killed but 21 of the 58 people on the train were taken to the hospital. Tonight, four of them, including the engineer are in critical condition. Omar villafranca is at the scene. Reporter the explosion and flames lit up the sky after the metrolink train struck the truck just before dawn. Ould see three of by daylight, you could see three of the five of the 7. 5ton rail cars toppled over like toys. The truck driver, a 54yearold man from arizona, got stuck on the tracks and jumped out when he saw the train coming. He was found walking about two miles away from the crash. Was the driver under the influence of anything, according to your officers . He appeared to be very unsettled, and so the extent or the cause of that is actually yet to be determined. Reporter officials here say todays crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink commuter crash which killed
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Two grizzly bears fighting, a group of bison ploughing through a field of snow and the stars lighting a hiking trail are among the pictures selected as the 20 finalists in a photography competition showcasing images from US national parks.
All 20 images were the winners of the first ever annual Nature s best Photography National Parks Photo competition and were the top 20 placed images chosen from more than 3,000 entries.
One image taken by photographer, Brian Wright of San Diego, California, showed the star trails over the Chesler Park Hiking Trail, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Grizzly bears : This stunning photo by Thomas Vijayan shows the brutality of nature as two grizzly bears duel in Katmai National Park, Alaska