Storm causes train collision in Miss.

Published 12:00 am Friday, April 3, 2009

JACKSON (AP) — Another barrage of storms hit the southeast Thursday, causing a collision between a passenger train and a tree and sending at least one person to the hospital after lightning struck a home.

Flood warnings as well as tornado watches and warnings were in effect around the region.

In south Mississippi, an Amtrak train hit a tree the storm knocked onto the tracks south of McComb in Pike County.

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