Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20150310:09:37:00
Halifax, north carolina. >> i can't describe the sound. i mean it was horrific. i mean the ground shook. our vehicle shook. >> witnesses say the truck driver was lingering on the tracks because he was trying to navigate a difficult turn. >> the truck was only sat just a matter of minutes as they were trying to maneuver and make that left-hand turn. >> when the lowering cross bars hit the truck, the driver jumped out. >> the lights blinking and the arms come down for the railroad tracks. they were trying to move and it just couldn't move and it collided. >> moments later, amtrak train number 80...