WATERBURY, Conn. — Nine passengers suffered minor injuries after a Metro-North train on the Waterbury Branch struck a tractor-trailer at a grade crossing late Monday morning, WTNH-TV reports.
Thirty to 35 people were reported on the train when the accident occurred about 11 a.m. The driver of the tractor-trailer refused medical attention.
Patch.com reports that a Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman said the truck involved had been involved with another vehicle in Waterbury, then was driven onto the tracks where it was struck by the 10:45 a.m. train from Waterbury to Bridgeport, Conn.
Subsequent Waterbury branch trains were replaced by buses between Waterbury and Beacon Falls while accident cleanup continued; those bus substitutions are continuing, according to the Metro-North Twitter account.
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