[arista]

2 on the train were killed
and the One Stupid Dump Truck Driver Died.



[A broken truck axle was photographed
close to the track in the aftermath.
It's still unclear why the truck was in the crossing]



[Three are dead and at least 50 injured
after Amtrak hits dump truck on public
crossing and derails Completely
near Kansas City with 243 people onboard:
Terrified passengers escape out of
smashed windows on LA-Chicago train
An Amtrak train derailed after colliding with
a dump truck at a public crossing
in Mendon, Missouri Monday
Three people are dead, including two
on the train and one in the dump truck,
officials confirmed
At least 50 people on the train were injured,
the Chariton County Ambulance Service said
Nine people were transported to
University Hospital, with several
being life-flighted by helicopter
Crash occurred at 12.42pm at an
uncontrolled crossing about 100 miles
northeast of Kansas City
About 243 people were on the train
at the time of the crash, which toppled
several cars onto their sides
Shocking photos taken in the immediate
aftermath show a passenger being helped
out of a window
The collision happened just a day after
another Amtrak train hit a car at a crossing
in Brentwood, California]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nsas-City.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61958813

[parmnion]

This could so easily have been Scotland last week, if the train strike hadnt happened.