MO Amtrak train derails, killing 3, multiple injuries.

[BeckyF]

3 killed, multiple injured in Amtrak crash

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has confirmed that three people were killed and multiple people were injured when a train derailed near a small town in mid-Missouri.

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MENDEN, Mo. (KMOV) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol has confirmed that three people were killed and multiple people were injured when a train derailed near a small town in mid-Missouri.

Amtrak reported one of its trains traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed near Menden, Mo. Monday afternoon. Menden is located northwest of Columbia.

 

[BeckyF]

3 dead, dozens injured in Missouri Amtrak derailment

Three people have died and at least 50 were injured after an Amtrak passenger train hit a dump truck and derailed in Missouri.

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[WingsOverTX]

Very dangerous crossing!

Missouri farmer worried for years about steep crossing at site of Amtrak train derailment

No gates, no warning lights and a steep crossing one area farmer said he’s been worried about for years there would be a scene just like the one Monday, a mangled truck in pieces and an Amtra…

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No gates, no warning lights and a steep crossing one area farmer said he’s been worried about for years there would be a scene just like the one Monday, a mangled truck in pieces and an Amtrak train full of people on its side.
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“Whenever you cross here with a combine you have to actually put your steering wheel all the way forward and stand up out of the seat as you are trying to climb that approach and cross and look down the track both ways,” said farm operator Mike Spencer.

Spencer said he’s been working with the county and railroad to try to get the steep crossing of two sets of railroad tracks leveled off and thought he had the greenlight on the project last year. He posted frustrations that hadn’t happened yet earlier this month.

“Our hearts really go out to the families, I tried to prevent this, I done everything I knew to do in my power,” Spencer said. “I talked to numerous people and I’m just really saddened I wasn’t able to do more.”

Crews have been out working Monday night to get the rock hauled away to possibly get the track open again.

That 14 member team of investigators from NTSB is expected out at the crash site by 8:30 Tuesday morning.

 

[WingsOverTX]

Some of the passengers on the train were from as far away as New Mexico and California. Some had been on the train for a day or two. Amtrak's Southwest Chief Train 4 originated in Los Angeles and was en route to Chicago when the crash happened.

Amtrak passengers recall terrifying moments after the train derailed

Southwest Chief Train 4 originated in Los Angeles and was en route to Chicago

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[WingsOverTX]

Two Amtrak Accidents with Fatalities in Two Days at Similar Crossings

On Tuesday morning, dozens of federal investigators will arrive to the derailment site outside Mendon, Missouri, to piece together how an Amtrak train plowed into a dump truck at a railing crossing.

The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the charge.

"We’ll have specialists from mechanical, from signal systems, from operations and survival factors," Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said.

This was the second collision involving an Amtrak train in as many days. [See below]

Mendon, Missouri, Amtrak Train Collision: What's next

Tuesday morning dozens of federal investigators will arrive to the derailment site outside Mendon, Missouri to piece together how an Amtrak train plowed into a dump truck at a railing crossing.

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Sunday, June 26, Brentwood, CA

Train collides with vehicle at California intersection without crossing arms, killing three

An Amtrak train passing through an intersection without crossing gates in rural Brentwood, California, collided with a passenger vehicle, killing three people and causing major injuries to two others on Sunday, according to officials.

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[airportwoman]

I was not surprised to see a group of Amish men in one picture, helping injured people. Lots of Amish and Mennonites live in northern Missouri, and use Amtrak extensively. They may not drive themselves, but they will hire people to do it for them.

 

[WingsOverTX]

287 passengers & crew on train; 150 in hospital

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[BeckyF]

I feel so bad for the people that lost their lives and also for the injured who have no relatives in this area to be of support and comfort to them. That has to be horribly scary. It’s good there are hospitals (Kansas City area) that can help treat the injured.