--- description: No injuries reported among passengers or crew title: Amtrak Train Derailment Near Boston Because of Truck on Tracks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Amtrak Train Derails in Massachusetts  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 23, 2014 11:50 AM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 23, 2014 11:50 AM CUT An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C., to Boston [partially derailed](http://www.wcvb.com/news/amtrak-train-derails-after-hitting-truck-on-tracks/26614732?tru=2wUDJ#mid=19297451 "undefined") early Monday morning after it hit a truck that was obstructing the tracks, officials said, temporarily halting service to and from Boston. None of the 222 passengers or crew on the busy Northeast Regional line train were injured, Amtrak said. Police confirmed to [WCVB ](http://www.wcvb.com/news/amtrak-train-derails-after-hitting-truck-on-tracks/26614732?tru=2wUDJ#mid=19297451 "undefined")that the truck was occupied, but wouldn’t say what happened to the people inside, only that the area is now a “large crime scene.” Passengers, who were stranded for about [four](http://www.whdh.com/story/25842346/amtrak-train-hits-car-and-derails-in-mansfield "undefined") hours after the crash took place at about 4:30 a.m., were taken to Boston on a regional train line. Amtrak said at about 7 a.m. that service between Boston and Providence had been restored. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2911502/amtrak-train-derailment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2911502/amtrak-train-derailment/"},"headline":"Amtrak Train Derails in Massachusetts","datePublished":"2014-06-23T11:50:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:33:50.056Z","description":"No injuries reported among passengers or crew","url":"https://time.com/2911502/amtrak-train-derailment/","keywords":["Transportation","Boston","Accident","Amtrak","Train"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2911502/amtrak-train-derailment/","name":"Amtrak Train Derails in Massachusetts"}}]}] ```