#Amtrak Southwest Chief train hits dump truck and #derails, there are reports of some injuries among 243 passengers after accident in Mendon, #Missouri, on service from Chicago to Los Angeles.
The Missouri highway patrol said eight cars derailed.
Three passengers were being taken from the scene to University hospital in Columbia, hospital spokesman Eric Maze said. He did not have information on their conditions.
3 dead after Amtrak train strikes dump truck and derails in Missouri.
Two people from the train were killed in addition to one person who was in the dump truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn said Monday.
Dunn did not have a count of how many others were injured, though he noted several others were taken to area hospitals
The Missouri highway patrol said eight cars derailed.
Three passengers were being taken from the scene to University hospital in Columbia, hospital spokesman Eric Maze said. He did not have information on their conditions.
3 dead after Amtrak train strikes dump truck and derails in Missouri.
Two people from the train were killed in addition to one person who was in the dump truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn said Monday.
Dunn did not have a count of how many others were injured, though he noted several others were taken to area hospitals