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At least three people were killed and others injured when an Amtrak train struck a dump truck in rural Missouri.

People who were on the train say the train tried to stop. And the folks in the gym that I spoke with were very grateful about the response. There are fewer people that live in this town than were on the train. Are there any similarities between the two? The gym is full of volunteers and folks who were riding the train. NPR's Frank Morris joins us from a nearby high school the passengers were evacuated to.

The Southwest Chief was carrying about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when the collision happened near Mendon, Mo., Amtrak said.

The Southwest Chief takes about two days to travel from Los Angeles to Chicago, picking up passengers at stops in between. The first emergency responders arrived within 20 minutes of receiving a 911 call, he said. Trains won’t run be able to on the track for “a matter of days” while they gather evidence, she added. It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were hurt, the patrol said, but hospitals reported receiving more than 40 patients from the crash and were expecting more. Seven cars derailed, the Highway Patrol said. Six medical helicopters parked nearby were waiting to transport patients.

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 ...

"We're just getting initial information in like, like most of you here, you know, it's, it's a terrible situation," Parson said. Seven cars and two locomotives on an Amtrak Southwest Chief train derailed. So, you know, right now our thoughts and prayers are with the people that were on that train the family, the rescue people."

It's not clear how many were injured on train, which was carrying about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when the collision happened.

The approach to the tracks is on an inclining gravel road and it’s difficult to see trains coming in either direction, he said. The Southwest Chief takes about two days to travel from Los Angeles to Chicago, picking up passengers at stops in between. It was the second Amtrak collision in as many days. Two of those killed were on the train and one was in the truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Justin Dunn said. The first emergency responders arrived within 20 minutes of receiving a 911 call, he said. Trains won’t be able to run on the track for “a matter of days” while they gather evidence, she added.

An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck Monday at an uncontrolled crossing in a rural area of Missouri killing two people on the train and one in the ...

— Dec. 18, 2017: Three people were killed and 10 seriously injured in a derailment near Olympia, Washington, in which part of the train landed on Interstate 5. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. The crash came a day after three people were killed when an Amtrak train smashed into a car in California killing three people in the vehicle. An Amtrak passenger train struck a dump truck Monday at an uncontrolled crossing in a rural area of Missouri killing two people on the train and one in the truck.

The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed in Mendon, Missouri.

Cheryl Benjamin was on her way home to East Lansing, Michigan, after an Alasksan cruise and a trip to Disneyland. She said she felt a bump, then heard a squeal, then looked out the window and saw the cars in front of her falling to the right. The approach to the tracks is on an inclining gravel road and it’s difficult to see trains coming in either direction, he said. The Southwest Chief takes about two days to travel from Los Angeles to Chicago, picking up passengers at stops in between. It was the second Amtrak collision in as many days. She was spending Monday evening in a local high school gym, where community members had brought in food for the passengers as they waited for buses to take them to hotels. Spencer said he had contacted state transportation officials, Chariton County commissioners and BNSF Railway, which owns the track, about the potential danger. Two of those killed were on the train and one was in the truck, Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Justin Dunn said. Republican state Rep. Peggy McGaugh was at the high school. Trains won’t be able to run on the track for “a matter of days” while they gather evidence, she added. The first emergency responders arrived within 20 minutes of receiving a 911 call, he said. Then her car fell, the last to derail. Seven cars derailed, the patrol said.

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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Social media posts from the scene show several rail cars on their sides. The Missouri Highway Patrol said eight cars derailed.

"We're just getting initial information in like, like most of you here, you know, it's, it's a terrible situation," Parson said. Seven cars and two locomotives on an Amtrak Southwest Chief train derailed. So, you know, right now our thoughts and prayers are with the people that were on that train the family, the rescue people."

An Amtrak train with 255 people onboard collided with a dump truck Monday afternoon in Missouri, killing at least three people when multiple cars ran off ...

NTSB officials were expected in rural Missouri on Tuesday to investigate an Amtrak train derailment that killed three people.

On Sunday, an Amtrak commuter train in Brentwood, California, struck a vehicle at an unmarked crossing. Brown said Monday marked the start of a lengthier investigation into Amtrak’s latest derailment. Three people inside the car were killed and three others were injured, California Highway Patrol reported. The National Transportation Safety Board, which planned to send a 14-member go-team to the site Tuesday, said Monday it was too early to speculate on why the truck was on the tracks at an intersection. "All of a sudden, the car that we were on was over, and everyone was flying everywhere, seats were coming apart, bags were going everywhere,” Amtrak passenger Jason Drinkard, who boarded the train at Kansas City's Union Station, told KMBC News. The crash and derailment happened on a gravel road in Chariton County, southwest of Mendon, at an "uncontrolled intersection" with no traffic lights or electronic controls, said Lt. Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Monday.

Southwest Chief train crash left at least 40 injured in remote rural area, according to unconfirmed reports.

It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were hurt, the patrol said, but hospitals reported receiving more than 40 patients from the crash and were expecting more. Nightingale, who was uninjured, found a way to climb on to the side of the train. He told CNN: “It all happened like slow motion. A hospital spokesperson earlier said three passengers were taken from the scene to University hospital in Columbia. Their conditions were not known. Two of the people who died were on the train and one was in the truck, Missouri state highway patrol spokesman Corporal Justin Dunn said. Three people were killed and several others were injured when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck and derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday, officials said.

The Southwest Chief was on its way to Chicago from Los Angeles when it derailed while carrying 275 passengers and 12 crew members, the railroad said ...

Bessemer said he worked beside a farmer who ran to the train to help. When first responders appeared, Bessemer said he helped carry people on backboards away from the train to the triage area across the tracks. He looked out and saw seven of the eight rail cars on their sides. After the train came to rest on its side, he walked out a door that was slightly ajar and jumped four feet to the ground. And then there was a pause, and I’m thinking to myself, ‘It’s going to be okay.’” Trespassing and rail crossing incidents make up less than a third of safety incidents reported by railroads but are responsible for 97 percent of fatalities, according to the Eno report. Then a split-second later — bang,” Blaine Bessemer said as he sat near the top of the Northwestern High School bleachers. It had been six hours since she crawled out of the train wreckage and phoned her parents. More than half of those victims were traveling in a Northeast Regional train that veered off the tracks in Philadelphia in 2015, Amtrak’s worst crash in more than 20 years. Investigators also are working to obtain any recorder information on the train’s speed at the time of the derailment. “I glanced off to the side, looking ahead, and I saw a dust cloud, which means I knew we had hit a vehicle. The railroad said in a statement that passengers are being rerouted to their destinations onboard trains or buses.

A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will arrive in Missouri early Tuesday to learn more about the derailment of an Amtrak ...

Three people were killed and two people suffered major injuries, all of whom were in the vehicle, according to officials. Whatever they're teaching them in the Scouts, it paid off today." He said the truck looked like it had big boulders in it. 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. We'll have a highway person, a drone operator, and some team members from NTSB's Office of Transportation Disaster Assistance to work with survivors and families of those who were involved in the derailment," Homendy said. On Sunday, 85 passengers were on board a train in rural California that hit a vehicle.

MENDON, Mo. (AP) – A fourth person has died from injuries suffered in an Amtrak train derailment in Missouri, the state highway patrol said Tuesday.

It was the second Amtrak collision in as many days. The posting noted that some trains pass by at up to 90 mph. Amtrak officials have said about 275 passengers and 12 crew members were aboard the train, which was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago. Spencer said he had contacted state transportation officials, Chariton County commissioners and BNSF about the potential danger. “We have been on the RR for several years about fixing the approach by building the road up, putting in signals, signal lights or just cutting the brush back.” In January, the Missouri Department of Transportation submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration its “State Freight & Rail Plan” plan. The patrol said law enforcement and Amtrak officials say about 150 people were taken from the scene to 10 area hospitals. The collision derailed seven cars, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The truck was broken into pieces. Mike Spencer, who grows corn and soybeans on land surrounding the intersection, said the crossing is especially dangerous for those driving heavy, slow farm equipment. The project was estimated at $400,000. The driver of a dump truck that was hit by the train Monday near Mendon, Missouri, also died. An Amtrak spokeswoman said injured passengers were taken to eight hospitals.

The train, headed from L.A. to Chicago, was carrying 275 passengers when it crashed into a dump truck. About 150 people were transported to hospitals.

“They look at how much traffic crosses over in one section like that, and it’s a cost-prohibitive kind of thing.” “Sadly, despite its history, Amtrak has yet to create a culture where safety is its highest priority,” Goodman said. The crash came one day after another Amtrak train collided with a car in California’s East Bay, also at a rural railroad crossing, killing three people. While the roadway where the crash occurred is unpaved and in a rural area, Missouri Highway Patrol Cpl. Justin Dunn said it’s wide enough for two-way traffic. Amtrak officials said the company would “fully support” the agency’s investigation. “Trains strike vehicles quite often and they generally don’t tip over, so I would be interested in the track,” said Goodman, who has represented many Amtrak train crash victims.

A passenger on board the Amtrak train that crashed into a truck and derailed in Missouri on Monday, killing four people, has described the harrowing moment ...

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