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   A woman who police say abandoned her car on railroad tracks in   
   Ventura minutes before the vehicle was struck by a slow-moving   
   Amtrak train has been booked on suspicion of drunk driving,   
   according to police.   
      
   Arcelia Delgadillo had unintentionally driven onto the railroad   
   tracks at Garden Street and Harbor Boulevard, where the vehicle   
   became stuck, according to Ventura Police Cmdr. Tom Higgins. The   
   27-year-old Ventura resident and her passenger then exited the   
   vehicle at about 7:38 p.m. and stood nearby.   
      
   About three minutes later, the train’s conductor spotted the   
   vehicle on the tracks and tried to stop. But the train, which   
   was traveling south at 15 to 20 mph, could not stop and plowed   
   into the vehicle.   
      
   “When the train struck the vehicle, it possibly caused an   
   electrical shortage which electrified the vehicle and railroad   
   tracks,” Higgins said in a statement. “Due to the rain, this   
   caused an extreme hazard to emergency personnel.”   
      
   The vehicle was wedged under the front of the train, which had   
   60 passengers on board. The passengers were not injured.   
      
   The train was delayed for two hours as crews worked to dislodge   
   the vehicle and remove it from the tracks.   
      
   Police later arrested Delgadillo and booked her into a Ventura   
   County jail, Higgins said.   
      
   http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-train-strikes-   
   vehicle-ventura-20161121-story.html   
      
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