A tractor-trailer was destroyed after it slammed into an Amtrak train in Gaston County early Tuesday morning. The collision happened in the area of Highway 161 and Long Creek Road near Bessemer City.

An investigation is underway after an Amtrak train hit a vehicle in Gaston County early Tuesday morning. It happened around 4:50 a.m. in Bessemer City. Amtrak Train 20, traveling from New Orleans to New York,

An Amtrak train was stopped in Gaston County early Tuesday morning after hitting a tractor-trailer. Amtrak officials said that a train was traveling from New Orleans to New York around 4:50 a.m. when a “vehicle obstructing the track came into contact with the train in Bessemer City.