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A passenger train derailed in Missouri on Monday afternoon and initial reports said some people aboard were injured, Amtrak said.
The Southwest Chief was carrying about 243 passengers when it collided with a dump truck in Mendon at 1.42pm, Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said.
The train was traveling from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Social media posts from the scene show several rail cars on their sides.
Three passengers were being taken from the scene to University Hospital in Columbia, hospital…
