Metrolink train crash hits truck and derails in Southern California

• Four cars of a Metrolink commuter train overturned after slamming into a truck on tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles
• The crash was reported at 5.44am on Tuesday and left at least 30 injured
• Local news station reported one fatality on Tuesday morning

By Associated Press and Louise Boyle For Daily Mail Online

Published: 09:45 EST, 24 February 2015 | Updated: 11:13 EST, 24 February 2015

A commuter train has derailed and several carriages overturned leaving 30 injured following a collision with a tractor-trailer on Tuesday.

Four cars of a Southern California Metrolink commuter train tumbled onto their sides after slamming into a truck on the tracks in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles. The truck then burst into flames.

Fire officials said on Tuesday that there were no deaths in the Metrolink train collision. Authorities said the truck driver had ran off but was caught.

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A fiery collision engulfed a tractor-trailer which was hit by a Metrolink commuter train in the early hours of Tuesday in Ventura County, California

A Metrolink train derailed Tuesday morning after it collided with a truck on the track in Ventura County

A Southern California Metrolink commuter train derailed early on Tuesday morning following a smash with a truck which then burst into flames

A firefighter crawls out of a derailed passenger train carriage at the scene of a Metrolink accident today

Video shot from a helicopter revealed train carriages overturned after the crash. At least 30 are injured according to officials

The force of the collision had forced one of the carriages on to the highway in Southern California, just northwest of LA

The charred remains of a tractor-trailer which ended upon train tracks in Southern California on Tuesday

Some commuters from the derailed train were treated at the scene in California following the early hours collision with a tractor-trailer

Footage from a news helicopter showed firefighters treating numerous people at the scene in California

The crash was reported at 5.44am on Tuesday and has left at least 30 injured, according to officials.

A Metrolink spokesman told Los Angeles Times that at least 30 people were hurt in train crash.

One train carriage had turned over and was lying half on the tracks and half on the road.

Some passengers were seen being treated in triage areas set up at the scene while others were taken by ambulance to local hospitals.

Firefighters and emergency responders were seen treating numerous people at the scene, ABC7 reported.

Metrolink's website says the train was on a run from Ventura County to Los Angeles.

Metrolink tweeted: 'VC Line 102 to Los Angeles is stopped between Oxnard & Camarillo due to striking a vehicle on the tracks.'

The company canceled trains on the line on Tuesday and encouraged commuters to seek alternative transport.

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday: 'We are aware of the rail accident near Oxnard, CA and are currently gathering information about the event.

'We're currently gathering information. A decision whether to launch a team will come later this morning.'

The scene is in Oxnard, about 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

The driver of the tractor-trailer which was on the tracks reportedly ran off but was caught, authorities said

Firefighters attend to injured passengers at the scene of a Metrolink accident on Tuesday morning

Firefighters raced to the scene shortly before 6am on Tuesday after a commuter train hit a tractor-trailer

Fire crews fought the blaze at the intersection of train tracks and a highway with water and foam

Fire trucks raced to the scene in what was being described by fire officials as a multi-casualty incident

The truck which had been on the tracks was engulfed in flames following the early morning collision