text: AMTRAK train hits truck , derails in Vermont . MONTPELIER , Vt . 1996-08-27 An Amtrak train struck a logging truck early on Tuesday and derailed , Vermont state police said . A state police spokeswoman said there were reports of minor injuries as a result of the derailment near Roxbury , a small town on the edge of the Northfield Mountains some 15 miles southwest of Montpelier , the state capital . Further details were not immediately available .