NORWALK, Conn.—A commuter train collided with a pickup truck in Connecticut on Wednesday, injuring the driver and heavily damaging the vehicle, authorities said.
The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. at a Metro-North Railroad street crossing in Norwalk that has warning lights and gates, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. None of the 24 passengers on the train were injured, the MTA said.
The driver, an older man whose name was not immediately released, was unconscious and trapped in the mangled cab of the truck, said Ed McCabe, assistant Norwalk fire chief for operations. He was taken in serious condition to Norwalk Hospital, he said….