WEED, Calif. — An Amtrak train carrying 141 people derailed early Thursday after it clipped a tank car that had fallen off a parallel track, injuring about 10 passengers and crew members.
None of the injuries was serious, said Amtrak spokeswoman Brenda Follmer.
The Coast Starlight was traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles when it derailed just before 2 a.m. north of Dunsmuir, near Mount Shasta.
Follmer said she believed two engines and three cars went off the tracks.
Early reports indicated that the most serious injury was to the train's engineer, who may have cracked ribs, she said.
"It was a hell of a jolt," said passenger John Pierre of Edmonds, Wash., who was en route to Oakland.
Rita Schrank of Junction City, Ore., was asleep when the accident occurred.
"I felt a series of bumps," she said. "I felt like one, two, three, four and then it felt like it was going to go over."