Three Dead After Amtrak Train ‘Topples Over’ in Missouri Derailment
Three people were killed Monday afternoon when an Amtrak train struck a dump truck at an uncontrolled crossing and derailed in rural Missouri.
Two of those killed were onboard the train and the third was inside the dump truck, said Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesperson Justin Dunn in an afternoon press conference.
Earlier in the day, a passenger told The Daily Beast as he was being shuttled away from the scene on a school bus provided by authorities that he feared the crash was a “mass casualty event.”