Footage of Train Derailing in Missouri Looks Awful
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An Amtrak train carrying 243 passengers has derailed in Missouri. Early reports suggest the train hit a dump truck at a public crossing, causing several cars to come off the tracks. Injuries have been reported and we're now getting footage from the scene.
Here are some early photos:
The train I was traveling on derailed on the way to Iowa near Mendon Missouri pic.twitter.com/YndSEEXkto
— Dax McDonald (@cloudmarooned) June 27, 2022
We'll add more details as news comes in. For now we're just hoping everyone winds up being OK as it appears this was a really violent episode.
UPDATE: More photos and video have come in since our initial post. The first shows passengers sitting atop a rail car that has turned on its side.
Passengers sit atop rail car after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck and derailed in Mendon, Missouri.
— ABC News (@ABC) June 27, 2022
Details: https://t.co/Des0V2T0dx pic.twitter.com/zRwEvOy1uK
More footage shows the length of the destruction.
BREAKING: An #Amtrak train has derailed after hitting a dump truck near Mendon in central Missouri. Amtrak says there were around 243 passengers onboard with "early reports of injuries."
— KAKE News (@KAKEnews) June 27, 2022
Video from Rob Nightingale#KAKEnews pic.twitter.com/rB9QP98mkh
The following footage is from inside the train shortly after it derailed.
This video was taken by passenger Robert Nightingale inside the derailed Amtrak train in Missouri shortly after it happened. There are early reports of at least injuries, 200+ passengers onboard. Per law enforcement, ~8 train cars derailed in the crash involving a dump truck. pic.twitter.com/J9rPjZX52C
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) June 27, 2022
And these stills are from a news chopper that flew over the scene.
NewsChopper 9 now over the scene of North Missouri train derailment. @kmbc. pic.twitter.com/FWRzdoqj81
— Kris Ketz (@KrisKetzKMBC) June 27, 2022
UPDATE II: First responders are claiming there are multiple fatalities from the train derailment.
BREAKING: First responders say multiple fatalities in Amtrak train crash near Mendon, Missouri
— BNO News (@BNONews) June 27, 2022