A train carrying 243 passengers derailed near Kansas City, Missouri
Four people were killed and at least 50 were injured when an Amtrak train carrying 275 people collided with a dump truck in Kansas City, Missouri on Monday.
Lieutenant Eric Brown of the Missouri State Highway Patrol told a news conference that at least three people were killed, two of them on a train and one of them in a truck. A fourth person was confirmed dead Tuesday.
The Southwest Chief Train 4 collided with a dump truck en route from Los Angeles to Chicago. Amtrak reported that the train derailed in the town of Mendon at 12:42 pm on Monday due to the force of the accident.
The company, which confirmed there were 275 passengers and 12 crew on board the intercity train, said it was “deeply saddened” to learn of the deaths of three people, two passengers and the truck driver.
Second incident in two days for Amtrak trains. On Sunday, three people were killed and two others were seriously injured when a train carrying 85 passengers collided with a vehicle in rural California.
The trail is ‘going to happen’ says a local farmer
A farmer who warned authorities and other Missouri residents of the apparent dangers of the Amtrak railroad track derailment on Monday said it was “a matter of time” before such an incident could occur.
Mike Spencer, 64, said in an interview Kansas City Star No signals or lights – promises to improve crossing. The brush is not cut to improve vision.
The second farmer, 62-year-old Daryl Jacobs, admitted, “it needs weapons or signals.”
Gino spocia28 June 2022 20:30
The slain truck driver was working in the county
Mike Spencer, a local farmer and farmer, said the driver of the Trump truck that collided with the Amtrak train carrying 275 passengers on Monday was working on a local infrastructure project.
According to the Associated Press, Levy said he was distributing the driving rock to a nearby project in a stream under construction.
Another farmer, 62-year-old Daryl Jacobs, said Kansas City Star Before the vehicle could stop on the tracks, the driver appeared to be “stalling” on the way to the train crossing. This must be confirmed by investigators.
Gino spocia28 June 2022 19:59
A Missouri state highway patrol said Tuesday that a fourth person died of injuries following a derailment.
They were among about 150 people taken from the train to nearby hospitals, where people are thought to have been treated for minor and serious injuries when an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck near Menton.
Here’s all we know so far:
Gino spocia28 June 2022 19:15
Breaking: Death of a fourth person
A fourth person has been injured and killed when an Amtrak train derailed in Missouri, officials say. The patrol said the man died at the University of Missouri Health Center where some of the injured were taken Monday.
The unidentified man was traveling on a train from LA to Chicago, the Associated Press reported.
The death of two more passengers and a truck driver was earlier confirmed.
Gino spocia28 June 2022 18:45
The crossing had to be improved
The crossing of the Amtrak railway line on Monday is one of the many railway infrastructure sites that need to be upgraded. Kansas City Star Reports.
In a rural area 84 miles northeast of Kansas City, at the crossing, there were no lights or other signals to warn of an oncoming train, which locals and farmers complained about.
It is unclear when the upgrade will begin.
Only about half of the approximately 3,800 highway-railway crossings across Missouri are fitted with alarms and other features. Star Said the quote A local action plan.
The Office of Miscellaneous Activities of the Missouri Department of Transportation controls trains in the state.
Gino spocia28 June 2022 18:08
Trains will cross ‘up to 90 miles’
Mike Spencer, a Missouri farmer and local, said trains were traveling at speeds of 45 to 90 mph when the Amtrak derailed.
Although it is not clear at what speed the Amtrak service, which derailed on Monday, will travel, Mr Spencer said in a video posted on Facebook earlier this month that “a train is only moving at about 45-50 mph, but some are coming anywhere at 70-90 mph.” He wrote.
“If you go here with a vehicle, stop, approach very slowly, and then look both ways. There are two tracks and about 85 trains go there every day, ”the 64-year-old said with an open warning to others. Kansas City Star.
Gino spocia28 June 2022 17:36
NTSB investigators on the site
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading an investigation into the Amtrak derailment near Menton, Missouri, and investigators were expected to be at the scene Tuesday.
NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homondi told reporters that no trains would run on the track “for a few days” while gathering evidence.
Gino spocia28 June 2022 16:58
The trail is ‘going to happen’ says a local farmer
A farmer who warned authorities and other Missouri residents of the apparent dangers of the Amtrak railroad track derailment on Monday said it was “a matter of time” before such an incident could occur.
Mike Spencer, 64, said in an interview Kansas City Star No signals or lights – promises to improve crossing. The brush is not cut to improve vision.
The second farmer, 62-year-old Daryl Jacobs, admitted, “it needs weapons or signals.”
Gino spocia28 June 2022 15:59
ICYMI: Investigators demand camera and speed data from Amtrak
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday said it would send a 16-member “Go Team” to investigate the Amtrak train derailment near Menton, Missouri.
At a news conference Monday, NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homandy, who is part of the group, said the agency was requesting speed data and board recorder recordings and camera footage from the train.
“With the team, we will have experts from mechanical, signal systems, functions and survival factors,” he said. “We will work with the families of a highway person, a drone operator and some of the crew members of the NTSB Traffic Disaster Assistance Office who escaped and were involved in the derailment ….
“We are seeking information [from] Any kind of forward-facing or internal-facing cameras – through which we can see what was in front of the train or what is going on inside the locomotive – as well as any other recorder that can provide information on the speed of the train is time to track.
“We ask for information in the manifesto so we can confirm the number of passengers and crew on board, and we look at route and crossing information.”
NTSB is a federal agency that investigates traffic accidents and has studied the Amtrak trackwaves that took place in Montana in 2021 and in Washington state in 2019.
Io dots28 June 2022 14:58
US Secretary of Transportation sends investigators to Missouri
Pete BoutiqueThe U.S. Secretary of Transportation says Federal Railroad Administration (FR) staff are heading to the derailed location in Missouri to support an investigation into what happened.
Io dots28 June 2022 13:59