NORTH BERWICK — A tractor trailer truck carrying garbage collided with an Amtrak Downeaster train carrying 112 passengers on the grade-level crossing on Route 4 in North Berwick between 11-11:30 a.m. this morning.
Deputy Fire Chief Larry Straffin has confirmed that the driver of the tractor trailer died in the collision.
Six passengers on the train sustained minor injuries. They were treated and released.
All of the passengers were released to a bus provided by Amtrak that is taking them to their destinations.
There was a fire in the engine compartment of the train that was extinguished, and one train car was derailed. A fire along the track was brought under control within 20 minutes.
Amtrak police, North Berwick police and Maine State Police are investigating.
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