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Passengers from an Amtrak train involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer board a bus to their destination, Monday, July 11, 2011 in North Berwick, Maine. The accident, which killed the driver of the tractor-trailer, left several train passengers inj Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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Firefighters work at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train that collided with a tractor-trailer Monday, July 11, 2011 in North Berwick, Maine, leaving the driver of the tractor-trailer dead and several passengers injured . (AP Photo/Foster's Daily Demo Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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Ernie Piper, left, of Boston, an Amtrak employee, climbs down from the charred engine of the Amtrak train that collided into a tractor-trailer on Monday, July 11, 2011, in North Berwick, Maine. Both were set on fire an official said and the truck driver w Pat Wellenbach, Associated Press
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Emergency responders work in trash strewn along the tracks in North Berwick, Maine Monday, July 11, 2011 after an Amtrak Downeaster passenger train collided with a tractor-trailer carrying garbage. The driver of the tractor trailer died at the scene and s Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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An overturned tractor-trailer is seen on the side of train tracks, Monday, July 11, 2011 in North Berwick, Maine, after an Amtrak train collided with it . Both were set on fire an official said and the truck driver was killed. Some of the train's 109 pass Pat Wellenbach, Associated Press
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Firefighters work at the scene where an Amtrak passenger train collided with a tractor-trailer Monday, July 11, 2011 in North Berwick, Maine, leaving the driver of the tractor trailer dead and several passengers injured. Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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A Maine state police officer inspects the remnants of a tractor-trailer that collided with an Amtrak passenger train in North Berwick, Maine Monday, July 11, 2011. The driver of the tractor trailer died at the scene and several train passengers were injur Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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Firefighters work at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train that collided with a tractor-trailer Monday, July 11, 2011 in North Berwick, Maine, leaving the driver of the tractor trailer dead and several passengers aboard the train injured. Foster's Daily Democrat, EJ Hersom) MANDATORY CREDIT, Associated Press
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Firefighters walk past the Amtrak train that collided into a tractor-trailer, Monday, July 11, 2011, in North Berwick, Maine. Both were set on fire an official said and the truck driver was killed. Some of the train's 109 passengers were injured, but it' Pat Wellenbac, Associated Press
By Associated Press

NORTH BERWICK, Maine — The operator of Amtrak's Downeaster train says a fiery collision at a crossing in southern Maine could've been much worse.

Patricia Quinn from the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority says the train was traveling at 70 mph when the tractor-trailer crossed into the train's path Monday morning in North Berwick.

The truck driver was killed. But there were no life-threatening injuries among the 112 passengers and three crew members on the train. Quinn says four passengers and two crew members were hurt. Three were taken to Goodall Hospital in Sanford, where all were treated and released.

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The Downeaster runs between Portland and Boston, serving nearly 1,400 passengers each day.

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