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🚨 Amtrak derailment – live: ‘Mass casualty event’ as train carrying 243 derails in Missouri
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🔴 Multiple people were injured when an Amtrak train carrying 243 people derailed after hitting a dump truck in Kansas City, Missouri.

A witness told The Daily Beast the event looked like a ‘mass casualty event’ but no deaths have been confirmed.
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The Southwest Chief Train 4 was on its way from Los Angeles to Chicago when it struck a dump truck. The force of the accident caused the train to derail in the town of Mendon around 1:42pm on Monday, according to Amtrak.
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Photos emerged of the crash showing passengers crawling out of windows and lining the side of the tracks while waiting to be recovered.
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“There are approximately 243 passengers onboard with early reports of injuries,” company officials said. “Local authorities are currently assisting customers and we have deployed Amtrak resources to assist.”
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- A local ambulance official has confirmed that there are multiple fatalities, according to CNN.

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- Chariton County Ambulance Service superintendent Eric McKenzie told the news outlet that more than one person was dead and at least 50 were injured.

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- Air ambulance service official tells Kansas City Star at least 8 helicopters taking patients from derailed train.

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- Three dead, including two train passengers

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- Lt Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol has just given a short press conference. He said that three people have died so far, two on the train and one in the truck that was hit.

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- At least three dead and 50 hurt after train derails in Missouri with 243 on board

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