Dozens injured as US train hits tractor

More than 40 passengers were injured when an Amtrak train collided with a tractor-trailer that was stuck on the tracks in North Carolina.

Transport department officials said 25 people were taken to Halifax Memorial Hospital by bus and around 15 others by ambulance after the collision.

They said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

A bus will take another 173 passengers who uninjured to Richmond, Virginia.

Halifax County law-enforcement officials say the collision toppled the engine onto its side. The first two cars of the train toppled after the crash.

State transportation officials say the second car that derailed was a baggage car.

An eyewitness says the tractor-trailer driver was trying to make a difficult right-hand turn.

She says the driver jumped out of the truck before the crash.