JACKSON, Miss — Amtrak says one of its passenger trains from New Orleans to Chicago, which makes a stop in Memphis, collided with a semi-trailer, killing two people not on board the train.
Authorities said the crash damaged the train engine, forcing it to terminate the route in Mississippi.
A coroner in Mississippi says two people not on board the train died in the crash.
Amtrak said in a statement Friday that the wreck involving City of New Orleans Train 58 happened Thursday night at a crossing south of the Amtrak station in Jackson, Mississippi.
The rail service said there were no reports of injuries among the 142 passengers or crew members onboard.
