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https://www.kctv5.com/2022/06/28/passengers-helped-each-other-climb-out-train-cars-following-deadly-derailment-near-mendon/

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3 killed when Amtrak train derails in Mendon, Missouri
Two people who died were on the train and the other person who died was in the truck that was hit
By Zoe Brown
Published: Jun. 27, 2022 at 2:30 PM CDT|Updated: 10 hours ago

MENDON, Mo. (KCTV) - Three people have died and at least 50 were injured after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck and derailed in Mendon on Monday afternoon.

According to Amtrak, the derailment happened at 1:42 p.m. It happened after the train hit a dump truck at a public grade crossing in Mendon, Missouri, which is in Chariton County.

The train, Southwest Chief Train 4, was going from Los Angeles to Chicago. Eight cars and two locomotives derailed.

Amtrak said there were about 243 passengers on the train and 12 crew members. There were “early reports of injuries.” At 9 p.m., Amtrak stated that crew members are among the injured.

In the afternoon, MU Health Care in Columbia said that they had received three patients due to the derailment. “That number could change,” they added. By 10 p.m., MU Health Care said they were caring for 16 people injured in the derailment. At least one patient was taken to a hospital in Kansas City that is “equipped to handle severe injuries,” as well. Later, Chariton County Ambulance Service told the media that there were multiple fatalities and at least 50 people were injured.

Then, in a 5 p.m. press conference, Missouri State Highway Patrol said three people had died due to the derailment. Two were on the train and the other individual was in the truck that was hit.

MSHP also said that the crossing at Porche Prairie Avenue where the accident happened was uncontrolled.
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