Metro train strikes truck after illegal turn

A northbound light rail train struck a truck at the intersection of Fannin and Dryden on Thursday, sending two people to the hospital.

The truck made an illegal left turn in front of the train shortly before 3 p.m., Metropolitan Transit Authority spokeswoman Carolina Mendoza said. The train struck the left side of the truck.

The driver and two passengers were taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Mendoza said. No other injuries were reported.