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I was reading a Japanese article as practice today and came across a sentence
including two "が" particles that I had trouble understanding:

> 午前7時ごろ、シャンシャン **が** 乗ったトラック **が** 動物園を出発して、成田空港に向かいました。

It seems like there are two subjects (シャンシャン & 乗ったトラック), but what is their
relationship? How do they apply to the later verb (出発して)? Is there a rough
guideline I can follow whenever I come across sentences like these in the
future? Thank you!
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grammar particles particle-が
Meaning of two "が" in this sentence?
> 午前7時ごろ、シャンシャンが乗ったトラックが動物園を出発して、成田空港に向かいました。

You are right that there are two subjects, but they are the subjects of
different verbs.

The first clause is

> 午前7時ごろ、??トラックが動物園を出発して  
>  Around 7 A.M. the truck left the zoo and ...

This is a simple structure with one verb having one subject and one object.

The ?? part corresponds to シャンシャンが乗った and is called a relative clause. It
describes the noun that follows it in the same way that an adjective can
describe a noun. It means "Shanshan rode" and is again a simple clause with
one verb and one subject.

I assume you would be happy with 重いトラック (a heavy truck). You could also
translate it as "a truck which/that is heavy". In the same way,
(シャンシャンが乗った)トラック is "the truck that Shanshan rode".

Altogether,

> 午前7時ごろ、シャンシャンが乗ったトラックが動物園を出発し  
>  Around 7 A.M. the truck that Shanshan rode left the zoo and ...

This is an essential part of Japanese grammar. Look up 'relative clause' and
learn it well. You will not survive without it.

P.S. I have no idea what Shanshan is. I'm guessing it's a daft panda name or
something.
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