Truck driver hospitalized in collision that partially derailed Amtrak train in Moorpark

Watch Live: Authorities have an update on the Amtrak train crash in Moorpark.

About 15 people on the Amtrak Coast Star Light train heading to Seattle suffered minor injuries, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Firefighter-paramedics assessed passengers in pop-up tents set up at the site, and authorities said that number could change.The truck driver was hospitalized, but details about his condition were not immediately available.

He was speaking with law enforcement officers at the scene, the sheriff's department said.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.The collision was reported at 11:18 a.m. near West Los Angeles Avenue and Montair Drive as the train headed to its next stop in Oxnard. None of the partially derailed train cars overturned.Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.

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