据美国国家铁路客运公司和官员称,一辆美国国家铁路客运公司火车在密苏里州门登失控的公共道口撞上一辆自卸卡车后出轨,造成三人死亡,数十人受伤。
美国国家铁路客运公司说,当地时间下午12点42分左右,八节客车和两节机车出轨,这是引擎所在的地方。
密苏里州高速公路巡逻队下士贾斯汀·邓恩说,两名火车乘客死亡,还有一名在翻斗车上的人。
查里顿县救护车服务主管埃里克·麦肯齐告诉美国广播公司,至少有50人受伤。
美国国家铁路客运公司说,事故发生时,列车正从洛杉机开往芝加哥,车上有243名乘客和12名机组人员。据邓恩说,现场所有的乘客都被疏散了。
至少有13名受害者被送往医院。亨德里克医疗中心的官员接受了现场的四名患者,而穆医疗保健大学医院的官员表示,截至美国东部时间下午5点57分,该医院正在治疗九名患者。
58岁的乘客罗布·南丁格尔告诉美国广播公司现场新闻,他的车向一侧倾斜,他爬出窗户逃生。他说,他看到一个小女孩在哭,她的家人试图安慰她。
南丁格尔说他看到一些人浑身是血。
密苏里州公共安全官员、高速公路巡警和其他人员正在做出回应,州长迈克·帕森在推特上说。
美国国家运输安全委员会表示,它正在启动一个14人的工作组来调查这起事故。该小组计划于周二抵达。
门登位于密苏里州堪萨斯城东北约100英里处。
这发生在美国国家铁路客运公司火车在加州与一辆汽车相撞,杀死三个人。
3 dead, at least 50 injured after Amtrak train derails in Missouri: Officials
Three people are dead and dozens are injured after an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck that was in an uncontrolled public crossing in Mendon, Missouri, according to Amtrak and officials.
Eight passenger cars and two locomotives, which is where the engines are, derailed at about 12:42 p.m. local time, Amtrak said.
Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Justin Dunn said two of the train passengers were killed, along with someone who was in the dump truck.
Eric McKenzie, the superintendent with Chariton County Ambulance Service, told ABC News at least 50 people were injured.
The train was en route from Los Angeles to Chicago with 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board at the time of the crash, Amtrak said. All the train occupants from the scene were evacuated, according to Dunn.
At least 13 victims have been hospitalized. Officials at Hendrick Medical Center accepted four patients from the scene, while officials at MU Health Care University Hospital/Columbia said its facility is treating nine patients as of 5:57 p.m. ET.
Passenger Rob Nightingale, 58, told ABC News Live his car tipped to the side and he climbed through a window to escape. He said he saw a little girl crying and her family trying to comfort her.
Nightingale said he saw some people covered in blood.
Missouri Public Safety officials, highway patrol troopers and other personnel are responding, Gov. Mike Parson tweeted.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it is launching a 14-member go-team to investigate the crash. The team is scheduled to arrive Tuesday.
Mendon is about 100 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri.
This comes one day after anAmtrak train collided with a car in California,killing three people.