Eight people are hospitalized after Amtrak train carrying 190 people derails in California - leaving passengers scrambling across tracks with their luggage

An Amtrak train derailed in Moorpark, California Wednesday afternoon
The train struck an unoccupied vehicle on the tracks

Reports indicated at least eight people were injured in the collision

Multiple Amtrak train cars derailed Wednesday afternoon in Southern California, leaving passengers briefly stranded and at least eight people injured.

The train was traveling through Moorpark - a city northwest of Los Angeles - when it struck an unoccupied car on the tracks

Helicopter footage from the scene showed the first responders assisting dozens of passengers with baggage across train tracks and away from the locomotive.

Seven people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries, the Ventura County Fire Department PIO said on Twitter. One person's injuries were described as 'moderate.'