UPDATE (2:32 p.m.) - The truck driver has been identified as Santiago Saucedo Sr., 58, from Santa Maria.
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UPDATE (8:25 a.m.) - The California Highway Patrol confirms a truck driver has died after colliding with an Amtrak train south of Guadalupe late Wednesday afternoon.
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ORIGINAL STORY: An Amtrak train crashed into a fuel truck near Guadalupe on Wednesday afternoon, sending the driver to the hospital and stranding over 250 passengers.
The Santa Barbara County Fire Department reports that the driver of the fuel truck suffered major injuries in the crash. Three other people were also taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
"I was starting to fall asleep, and then the train hit something," Kate Wells, a passenger on the train, said. "And I looked out the window and there was an axle from a truck."
Fire officials now said they estimate the fuel spill at 3,500 gallons.
There were approximately 260 passengers on the train at the time of the collision. They were taken to their destinations via bus.
"We were just waiting and kept getting updates," said Leah Gladden, another passenger. "We weren't really sure what was going to happen. It got really hot, no electricity, no bathroom, so yeah. They were nice and gave us sandwiches, so at least that's something."
The train was not derailed.
The investigation remains ongoing.
