Fourteen people were injured after a commuter train derailed and plunged into a creek in California.
A fallen tree is believed to have caused the train, which was carrying 214 passengers, to come off the tracks.
Alameda County Sheriff’s spokesman Sergeant Ray Kelly said crews had to battle against fast-moving currents to pull passengers out of the submerged carriage.
"It was dark, wet, it was raining. It was very chaotic. This is an absolute miracle that no one was killed," Sgt Kelly said.
The train was travelling from San Jose to Stockton when the first two carriages derailed in Sunol, Alameda County, about 45 miles east of San Francisco.
Images posted on Twitter by Alameda County Fire Department show the first rail car on its side half-submerged in the water.
A train official said six people and one member of staff were inside the carriage when it fell into the creek.
The second car also came off the tracks but remained upright and three more carriages stayed on the tracks.
Police said four people sustained serious but not life-threatening injuries in the incident, and 10 others suffered minor injuries.
An investigation is underway into what caused the tree to fall on to the tracks.
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