FAIRVIEW – Amtrak train #259 hit an unoccupied pickup truck on railroad tracks north of the Poughkeepsie station at 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
The northbound train carried 162 passengers with no injuries reported to travelers or crew, an Amtrak spokesman told Mid-Hudson News.
The train was traveling northbound from New York City to Albany at the time of the strike near Riverpoint Road, delaying the trip for one-hour-and-15 minutes.
The incident remains under investigation.
