A Southern California commuter train collided with a truck and derailed in Oxnard, injuring dozens of people.
The Los Angeles Times reported that the crash occurred just before 6 a.m. Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson told the Times the collision derailed three of the passenger train's cars and injured at least 30 people.
KABC-TV reported that the truck caught fire after being hit by the train. Sergio Martinez, a battalion chief for the Oxnard Fire Department, told CNN the truck driver fled the scene and that authorities found him unhurt and took him into custody.
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Fire-rescue personnel set up a color-coded triage area with green, yellow and red tarps at the site, KNBC-TV reported. The tarps indicate the severity of the victim's injuries, with red being the most serious and green indicating minor injuries.
Oxnard is about 75 miles west of downtown Los Angeles.
On September 12, 2008, when a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided head-on, killing 25 people. That crash was the deadliest accident in Metrolink history.
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