MENDON, Mo. (AP) — A passenger educate derailed in Missouri on Monday afternoon and preliminary experiences are that some other folks aboard have been injured, Amtrak mentioned.
The Southwest Leader used to be wearing about 243 passengers when it collided with a unload truck in Mendon at 1:42 p.m., Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods mentioned.
The educate used to be touring from Los Angeles to Chicago. Mendon is ready 84 miles (135 kilometers) northeast of Kansas Town.
Social media posts from the scene display a number of rail vehicles on their aspects.
3 passengers have been taken from the scene to College Sanatorium in Columbia, clinic spokesman Eric Maze mentioned. He didn’t have data on their stipulations.
The Missouri Freeway Patrol and different native regulation enforcement devices have been on the scene to assist and Amtrak mentioned it has deployed assets to the website.