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The collision
occurred around 10:40 a.m. local time in Sun Valley neighborhood
of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The
department said 21 people were taken to area hospitals with
minor injuries.
The driver of the truck was uninjured, the fire department said.
Dozens of firefighters and medical personnel triaged the train's
187 passengers, fire department spokesman Erik Scott said.
Scott said the crash occurred in an intersection and a crossing
guard arm appeared to have been snapped. Fire and Metrolink
officials said the five-car, double-decker train suffered very
minor damage and was able to continue on its route.
Law enforcement were conducting an investigation into the crash,
Scott said.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Steve
Orlofsky)
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