One person is dead after an Amtrak train hit a car near Modesto.
A spokesman for Amtrak says the train hit a vehicle in the town of Riverbank, near Modesto around 9:50 this morning.
The spokesman say the car went through a railroad crossing just before it was hit.
One-hundred-and-two people were on the train. None of passengers or crew were injured.
The train is now stopped just west of the Modesto station, while authorities investigate the crash.
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