After the accident of an Amtrak train that derailed after colliding with a dump truck, the railway network and local officials confirmed three deaths and 50 injured in Mendon, Missouri.
In statements collected by ABC News, the superintendent of the Chariton County Ambulance Service, Eric McKenzie, reported that at least 50 people were injured after the crash.
According to Amtrak in a statement, eight passenger cars and two locomotives were derailed around 12: 42 pm, local time.
Justin Dunn, a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, noted that two of the passengers on the train were killed, as was one person who was in the dump truck.
The train was headed from Los Angeles to Chicago with 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board at the time of the fatal accident, Amtrak said in the statement. All the occupants of the train were removed, Dunn said.
So far it has been known that 12 victims have been hospitalized. Nine patients were admitted as of 5: 57 pm ET to MU Health Care University Hospital/Columbia, while officials Hendrick Medical Center accepted four injured in connection with the incident.