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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 7.5-ton rail cars toppled over like toys. the truck driver, a 54-year-old 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 today s crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink c ....
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