3 dead in the US state of Missouri – train with 200 passengers derailed and overturned – news abroad

The carriages lie on their sides, and passengers try to climb out of the windows. Train wreck in the USA!

A train with more than 200 passengers derailed in the US state of Missouri on Monday and the wagons overturned.

Three people were killed in the accident, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

An Air Ambulance Service official said at least eight helicopters were used to fly patients from the accident site to clinics. A total of 40 people are said to have been taken to hospitals.

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passengers at the scene of the accidentPhoto: @cloudmarooned/twitter

The train was en route from Los Angeles to Chicago. He collided with a refuse collection truck at a level crossing in the town of Mendon. Eight wagons and two locomotives derailed

A video shared on a Twitter channel shows many passengers sitting with their luggage on overturned train cars. A conductor stands by helplessly. Apparently, following the accident, the passengers climbed out of the overturned wagons via windows.

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The train is said to have collided with a garbage truckPhoto: @cloudmarooned/twitter

The collision was the second in two days in which an Amtrak train struck a passenger vehicle. On Sunday, 85 passengers were on board a train in rural California that collided with a vehicle.

Three people were killed and two people sustained serious injuries, authorities said. All of the victims were in the vehicle.

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