Amtrak derailment

2022 - 6 - 27

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3 dead, multiple injured after an Amtrak train hits a truck and derails ... (NPR)

Two people from the Amtrak train were killed in addition to one person in the dump truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Justin Dunn told reporters ...

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3 dead, multiple people injured after Amtrak train hit dump truck in ... (USA TODAY)

Authorities said 3 people were killed and multiple others were injured after an Amtrak train derailed in rural Missouri on Monday afternoon.

The accident comes one day after a deadly crash in Brentwood, California, where an Amtrak commuter train slammed into a vehicle at an unmarked crossing. It’s too early to speculate on why the truck was on the tracks, said National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. A team of NTSB investigators will arrive Tuesday, she said. The crash occurred at an "uncontrolled intersection" on a gravel road without lights or electronic controls, Brown told reporters.

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3 killed and at least 50 injured when Amtrak train derails in Missouri ... (CNN)

Three people are dead and at least 50 injured after an Amtrak train derailed Monday in Missouri, authorities said Monday evening.

The collision was the second in two days in which an Amtrak train hit a passenger vehicle. . Three people were killed and two people suffered major injuries, according to officials. He said the truck looked like it had big boulders in it. Eight adults were with the troops. Nightingale, who was not injured, said he couldn't get through the window, which was blocked by dirt, so he grabbed his backpack and climbed into the hallway. Dunn told reporters that seven cars had derailed.

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At least 3 dead after Amtrak train derails in Missouri (The Washington Post)

At least three people died and multiple passengers were injured after an Amtrak train carrying more than 200 people derailed Monday in rural Missouri, ...

Amtrak said it has sent emergency workers to support passengers and employees in the Missouri incident. The U.S. Department of Transportation, which is embarking on an effort to increase passenger train travel nationwide as part of the infrastructure law passed last year, said it is taking part in the investigation. The Missouri collision was the second involving an Amtrak train in two days. The Empire Builder train traveling from Chicago to Seattle derailed Sept. 25. Graves is a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Trains are allowed to travel up to 80 mph in that rural section of unincorporated Brentwood, Aubert said. McDonald said he recalls seeing two trucks through windows on the right side of the train. It had been McDonald’s idea to take the train. The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday evening it is launching a 16-member team to investigate the derailment. “We have a lot more information we are seeking and need to obtain.” McDonald and his sisters began trying to climb out the train’s windows above them. The train had eight cars, including a baggage car, Dunn said.

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Amtrak derailment: Three killed in Missouri after train hits truck (BBC News)

At least three people have been killed and dozens more are reported injured after a passenger train derailed after hitting a truck in Missouri.

Images shared on social media show passengers sitting atop derailed cars in a flat green field. In 2018, three people were killed when an Amtrak train travelled onto the wrong track and hit a parked freight train. At least three people have been killed and dozens more are reported injured after a passenger train derailed after hitting a truck in Missouri.

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Three confirmed dead, dozens more injured, after Amtrak passenger ... (KMBC Kansas City)

Three people were confirmed to have died in a rural Missouri after an Amtrak passenger train derailment. The crash occurred near Mendon, Missouri, ...

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3 Killed, Multiple Injured When Chicago-Bound Amtrak Train Derails ... (NBC Chicago)

A Chicago-bound Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers derailed in central Missouri Monday afternoon, according to authorities.

Amtrak has activated its Incident Response Team and is sending additional emergency personnel to the scene, according to a news release. We ask Missourians to join us in praying for all those impacted." Eight cars and two locomotives on Southwest Chief Train No. 4, which had set off from Los Angeles, derailed at around 12:43 p.m. after hitting a dump truck at a crossing in Mendon, Missouri, the railroad agency said in a statement.

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Amtrak Train Hits Truck in Missouri, Killing 3 and Injuring Dozens (The New York Times)

Amtrak said more than 200 passengers were on the train when it hit a dump truck at a crossing with no lights in Mendon, Mo., causing several cars to derail.

But if it is moving at a high speed or if metal gets underneath the traction motors — two factors that Mr. Quimby said he believes occurred in Missouri — then it is more likely to tilt and crash. The speed would have made it harder for the train to stop — if it even had the chance from a mile or a half-mile out, he said. Looking out of his window, he saw the cars in front of him tilt toward his side, and he recalled thinking: “We're going to flip over, too.” Amtrak said it also had deployed its own emergency personnel to the scene to help passengers, employees and their families. She was flung to her right, causing her to strike her head against the overhead compartment. “This town pulled together to help everyone.” An Amtrak train carrying more than 200 passengers crashed into a dump truck in rural Missouri on Monday, killing three people and injuring dozens, the authorities said. The exact number of passengers injured and the extent of their injuries were not immediately clear. It was her first time on a train, she said, but she still knew that sound was not normal. Dust flew up inside the car. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it had responded along with other agencies. Two of the people killed were on the train, and the other was in the truck, the authorities said.

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