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Train delayed after tree falls across tracks in Grover Beach

Tribune staff
Five Cities fire crews helped clear a eucalyptus tree of the train tracks in Grover Beach on Wednesday morning.
Five Cities fire crews helped clear a eucalyptus tree of the train tracks in Grover Beach on Wednesday morning. Grover Beach Police Department

Train service through Grover Beach is expected to be delayed an hour or two Wednesday morning because a large eucalyptus tree has fallen across both sets of tracks, according to the Grover Beach Police Department.

Emergency crews were working to remove the tree as of 7:30 a.m.

The Amtrak train is stopped at the Grover Beach train station until the track is cleared, according to police.

This story was originally published February 24, 2016 at 7:53 AM with the headline "Train delayed after tree falls across tracks in Grover Beach."

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