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An Amtrak train derailed in northern Missouri on Monday after colliding with a truck at a crossing, the US National Passenger Rail Service said, and CNN reported that at least 50 people were injured and several dead.
The train, with about 243 passengers and a dozen crew members, collided with the vehicle at a railroad crossing near Mendon, Missouri, while traveling east from Los Angeles to Chicago, he said. amtrak. Eight cars derailed, she added.
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CNN quoted the Chariton County Ambulance Service in its report on the victims. Reuters could not immediately reach the service for confirmation.
Aerial images showed that seven of the eight passenger cars were lying on their right sides.
More than a dozen people were sitting and standing and comforting themselves on the sides of the train cars, a video posted on social media showed.
Source: Elcomercio
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