Two Seriously Injured in Fort Worth Train Crash at West Biddison and Ryan Avenue
Fort Worth, Texas (November 8, 2018) – Two people were seriously injured Wednesday afternoon after an Amtrak train struck a vehicle in Fort Worth, according to a local news source.
The accident was reported just before 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, November 7 at the intersection of West Biddison and Ryan Avenue in the Shaw Clarke neighborhood.
Authorities said the Amtrak train was traveling northbound while another train was heading southbound. The vehicle, a red car, was traveling westbound on West Biddison.
The other train stopped on the track and let the Amtrak train go. The red car pulled over at the barrier on West Biddison. The driver of the vehicle did not see the Amtrak train and drove beneath the barrier to cross the tracks.
The Amtrak train then slammed into the car and pushed it approximately a quarter mile down the tracks.
Two people in the car sustained major injuries in the accident.
According to Amtrak officials, the train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. No one on the train was injured.
Further details were not immediately available and the collision remains under investigation.