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"We're figuring out exactly who's where, how banged up are they, and how to get them home," said the leader of a Boy Scout troop who was on board the moment the train struck a truck and derailed.
An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said.
An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more, officials said.
It was not immediately clear exactly how many people were hurt.
The Southwest Chief was carrying about 243 passengers and 12 crew members when it crashed in Missouri.