Several cars of a long-distance train derailed Monday afternoon in the US state of Missouri, and there were at least 50 injuries and multiple people were killed in the accident, CNN said, citing the official.
The Amtrak train, traveling on a route from Los Angeles to Chicago, struck a dump truck at a public rail crossing in the area of Mendon, Missouri.
"There are multiple injuries and we can confirm there were three fatalities -- two on the train and one in the dump truck," Justin Dunn, a spokesman for the Missouri State Highway Patrol, told reporters at a press conference.
Images shared on social media showed at least five railcars on their side in a corn field, with passengers climbing out the windows and doors.
The derailment comes one day after another Amtrak-operated train collided with a passenger vehicle at a railroad crossing in California, resulting in three deaths.
The crossing involved did not have guards, and a local fire official said it was not uncommon to have accidents there, the local NBC affiliate reported.
