TEMPLE, Texas (AP) — Police in Central Texas say the driver of a tractor-trailer has been killed in a collision involving an Amtrak passenger train carrying about 170 people.

Police Cpl. Christopher Wilcox says the collision occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Monday near downtown Temple. He says the 18-wheeler driven by 58-year-old Randall Collier of Rogers crossed the tracks ahead of the train and was struck on the front passenger side.