At Least 3 Dead, Multiple Injured After Amtrak Train Derails In Missouri

A minimum of three individuals had been killed Monday after an Amtrak practice hit a dump truck and derailed in Missouri, officers stated. It is not but clear what number of had been injured, although at the least two hospitals stated that they had obtained sufferers. 

Officers stated Southwest Chief Practice 4, which was carrying 207 passengers and extra crew members from Los Angeles to Chicago, hit a truck close to Mendon, Missouri — about two hours northeast of Kansas Metropolis — at roughly 12:43 p.m. native time, inflicting seven of the practice’s eight vehicles to derail. An official from the Missouri State Freeway Patrol stated the crossing was “uncontrolled” and had no lights or crossing rails, which is frequent in additional rural areas. 

Two of the victims had been on the practice and the opposite was within the truck, stated Missouri State Freeway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn. It is not clear if the practice victims had been passengers or crew members. 

All passengers have been transported from the scene, Dunn stated. 

College of Missouri Well being Care, a hospital in Columbia, Missouri, stated it’s caring for nine patients from the derailment — although it stated that quantity may change. College Well being in Kansas Metropolis, a Degree 1 Trauma Middle in a position to deal with extreme accidents, stated it has obtained one one that was transported by helicopter. 

Amtrak didn’t present any extra details about the crash or the situation of the practice and its passengers. However images and movies appeared to point out a number of vehicles turned on their facet with passengers sitting on high, and one other video appeared to point out passengers comforting one another from the within of an overturned practice automobile. 

Congressman Sam Graves, who represents Mendon, said he’s “intently monitoring” the derailment.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson stated he is “saddened” to listen to of the derailment, including that “Missouri Division of Public Security, Missouri State Freeway Patrol troopers, and different emergency administration personnel are responding.” 

In an interview with CBS affiliate KCTV, Parson known as the derailment “a horrible state of affairs.”

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board said it’s sending a 14-member crew to analyze the incident. 

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