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Amtrak Train 14 was traveling from Los Angeles to Seattle when it ran into the truck at 4:12 p.m. just north of the Lompac-Surf station in Santa Barbara County, according to an Amtrak spokesperson.

Thompson died at the age of 67 at his home in Woody Creek, Colorado, a small town north of Aspen, in February 2005.

Some who followed the military's orders to evacuate have said they found no space to pitch their tents and so returned north.

Alan Dickens will take on the role of head coach, reporting to McIlroy, while Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend is to become a part-time adviser on strategy and philosophy for the north east club.

A large-scale emergency operation is currently under way in Lerchenau in the north of Munich.