Chicago-Bound Amtrak Train Derails in Missouri with 243 Passengers Aboard
A Chicago-bound Amtrak train with 243 passengers and 12 crew members on board reportedly crashed on Monday, June 27, 2022, into a dump truck in Mendon, Missouri, about 80 miles northwest of Columbia, derailing eight cars and two locomotives. It is being reported that three people have been killed and dozens injured in that derailment in rural central Missouri at a crossing with no signals or gates. Photos taken by people at the scene are…