Missouri: a train derails with nearly 250 passengers on board, injuries

Lhe pictures are impressive. Monday, June 27, several cars of a train carrying nearly 250 passengers derailed in Missouri, in the center of the United States, announced the rail company Amtrak, which mentions “injuries”, without further details. The train, which was traveling Los Angeles-Chicago, came off the tracks “after colliding with a garbage truck at a level crossing”, in Mendon, Missouri, at 1:42 p.m. local (6:42 p.m. GMT), details the press release from the public company.

There were “about 243 passengers on board,” she added, “and early reports mention injuries.” Impressive photographs of the accident posted on social media by travelers show many wagons lying on the side of the track, passengers escaping from the side windows, in the middle of an agricultural area. AFP could not immediately confirm the authenticity of these images.

Sunday, another train operated by Amtrak had struck a car on a level crossing without automatic barriers in California, killing 3 of the passengers of the vehicle, according to the chain NBC.