Train derailment – live: At least 3 dead and 50 injured after train crash in Missouri today

At least 13 victims were injured take to hospitalbased on ABC News.

Hendrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri, said that it took in four patients from the scene, while the University of Missouri healthcare hospital at Columbia said it was treating nine patients at around 4 p.m. local time.

Dax McDonalda software developer who was a passenger on the train, posted these photos from the crash site.

In one of them, a pair of giant wheels on their axles – apparently from dump trucks, since they had tires – lay twisted on the tracks.

Another photo shows passengers and lifeguards climbing onto the rails of the train, pulling people out of the doors facing upwards along the length of the train.

According to McDonald, the rescued passengers were placed in shelters at Northwestern High School near Mendon.

This is an aerial shot of the intersection where the truck was hit by KSHB 41 News.

Other aerial news footage showed the train overturned, its right flank turning into an improvised deck for passengers and rescuers.

Lt Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol just gave a news conference. He said that three people died So far, two people on the train and one in the truck have been involved in a collision.

He said the truck was driving over the tracks at a crosswalk without any lights or electronic controls, on a gravel road.

At least eight helicopters carrying a patient from a derailed train, according to Related press.

A local emergency official has confirmed that there are many deathsaccording to CNN.

Chariton County Ambulance Service Director Eric McKenzie told the news agency that more than one person had died and at least 50 were injured.

Robert Nightingale, a passenger from New Mexico taking a nap in one of the train’s sleeping cars, said: “It all went in slow motion. It started wobbling, and swaying, then flashing, then suddenly – all this dust got through my window.”

The window had slammed to the ground, meaning he couldn’t get out that way. Instead, he grabbed his backpack and climbed the corridor, eventually climbing out onto the side of the ship, which was now pointed up at the sky.

“On June 27 at 12:42 p.m. CT, Southwest Chief Train 4, traveling east on the BNSF tracks from Los Angeles to Chicago, derailed eight carriages and two locomotives after striking a moving truck. obstructing public access near Mendon, Missouri.

“There are approximately 243 passengers and 12 crew members with initial reports of injuries. Currently the local government is supporting customers.

“Our Incident Response Team has been activated and we are deploying emergency personnel to the scene to help assist passengers, our staff and their families with their needs.

“Those with questions about their friends and family who traveled on this train, please call 800-523-9101. Additional details will be provided when available. “

ABC 17 News now reporting that some people were killedquotes the soldiers patrolling the local highway.

It is not clear how many people died, or whether those people were on the train or in the van that was hit.

KAKE News shared footage from the website where an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a truck. The train was traveling between Los Anegeles and Chicago when it hit a truck and overturned.

Missouri Governor Mike Parson released a statement after an Amtrak train derailed near Kansas City. The train was carrying 243 people and many injuries were recorded, of which at least three people were transported to the hospital.

“It was a terrible situation, I know that several cars have derailed. We believe there may be some deaths, but it’s still early,” Mr Parson said. “Unfortunately when you have a derailment of a train and many cars, it’s not a good day.”