United States: at least three dead and dozens injured in the derailment of a train

Published on: 06/28/2022 – 01:35 A train, leaving Los Angeles and which was to reach Chicago, collided with a garbage truck at a level crossing on Monday in Missouri. The derailment left at least three people dead and several injured, authorities said. Three people died Monday, June 27, in a collision between a dump truck and a train, which then derailed, at a level crossing in Missouri, announced the authorities of this state in the center of the United States. There are multiple injuries and we can confirm that there were three fatalities, two on the train and one on the dump truck,” Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Justin Dunn said during the interview. a press conference. The train, which was operating between Los Angeles and Chicago, ran off the tracks “after colliding with a dump truck at a level crossing”, in Mendon, in northern Missouri, at 1:42 p.m. local time (6:42 p.m. GMT), rail company Amtrak said in a statement earlier. did not have lane marking lights or electronic control devices, according to the local authorities. The investigation into the circumstances of this accident is “in its preliminary stage”, said Justin Dunn, promising more information to come. Impressive photographs posted on social networks by travelers show many wagons lying on the ground. side of the track, passengers escaping through the side windows, in the middle of an agricultural area. On Sunday, another train operated by Amtrak hit a car on a level crossing without automatic barriers in California, killing three of the vehicle’s passengers, according to the NBC channel. With AFP