A man has been arrested in Susanville on multiple charges including attempted murder.
The Southwest Chief was carrying about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when the collision happened near Mendon.
Expect ongoing and long traffic delays in between Sparks and Patrick.
Photos from the scene showed several cars of the four-carriage train had left the tracks and tumbled down an embankment.
Federal investigators say an air ambulance that crashed after takeoff in Elko in November 2016 was repaired three times in the six weeks before it went down, killing all four people on board.
Caltrans says a crash is blocking both directions of Highway 50, east of Twin Bridges. Caltrans says it has one-way traffic control in place.
Elko first response agencies are conducting mass casualty drill on the Great Basin College campus from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. Thursday.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has identified the man hospitalized after he suffered third-degree burns in a hash oil fire in Gardnerville.
Care Flight, an air ambulance service operated by the Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority (REMSA) has expanded its services with the addition of a critical care fixed-wing transport program.
A medical helicopter carrying a patient to a hospital crashed amid heavy rain and fog in California's agricultural San Joaquin Valley, killing all four people aboard, officials said.