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Train with more than 200 passengers derailed in US, at least three dead

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NOS Newstoday, 00:00

At least three people have been killed and 40 injured in a train accident in the US state of Missouri. Two people died on the train, local police said in a press conference. The other victim died in the dump truck that the train collided with at an unguarded crossing.

The Amtrak train, which derailed in the collision, was en route with 243 passengers from Los Angeles to Chicago.

Footage from the air showed rescuers using ladders to climb onto the derailed wagons. Several trauma helicopters were deployed to take the many injured to hospitals.

The US transportation safety authority NTSB says it is too early to say why the truck was stationary on the track. An investigation has been launched, according to the NTSB, which means that the track will be closed to train traffic for at least “a few days”.

The accident happened near Mendon, about 135 kilometers from the city of Kansas City.

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