Rescue

3 Dead, Many Injured when Amtrak Train Derails in MT

Sept. 26, 2021

Several passenger rail cars toppled when the Amtrak train derailed near Joplin, leaving dozens injured.

Officials says dozens were injured and at least three were killed when an Amtrak train derailed in Joplin Saturday afternoon.

The Empire Builder train, traveling from Chicago to Seattle, derailed around 4 p.m. in the town of 200.

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