An Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a truck, resulting in at least three deaths. AP photo.
At least three people died and another 50 were injured in the United States, after a train on the intercity network of amtrak derailed Missourias confirmed by the authorities to local media such as CNN Y Washington Post.
the cloak Justin Dunnspokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B, confirmed deaths.
The train, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, collided with a truck at a public intersection near the town of Mendon.
Dunn said authorities are still trying to determine the exact death toll.
Two of the dead people were on board the train, while the third was in the truck, he confirmed at a press conference.
An Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a truck, resulting in at least three deaths. AP photo.
Eight wagons and two locomotives went off the track “after colliding with a truck that obstructed a public passage near Mendon, Missouri, ”company officials said in an updated statement.
At least eight medical helicopters arrived from various parts of the state, he said Matt DaughertyLifeflight Eagle’s commercial development director told The Kansas City Star.
The southwestern cape it carried about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when the collision occurred near Mendon at 1:42 pm local time, Amtrak said.
“in slow motion”
CNN highlighted the statements of Robert Nightingalea passenger in a sleeping car who said he was taking a nap when he heard something.
“It all happened in slow motion. He began to swing and then blink. Suddenly… all this dust has passed through my window“Nightingale told the US network.
He claimed that the train fell on the side where his compartment was.
Nightingale, who was not injured, said he couldn’t get through the window, which was blocked by dirt. He had to move to a nearby room to find a way out.
An Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a truck, resulting in at least three deaths. AP photo.
A video taken from a helicopter and broadcast by KMBC-TV in Kansas City showed the cars to the side as emergency teams used the stairs to climb one of them.
Among the passengers on the train were high school students from Pleasant Ridge High School in Easton, Kansas, who were on their way to a Future Business Leaders of America conference in Chicago, the superintendent said. Tim Baying to the Kansas City star.
The southwestern cape It takes about two days to travel from Los Angeles to Chicago.. Mendon, with a population of approximately 160, is located approximately 84 miles (135 kilometers) northeast of Kansas City.
Source: agencies.
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