“We started to feel the train tilt to the right. It was then that it came to my mind that it was life or death. This is very serious,” Dax McDonald, who was on the train with his sister Samantha, told CNN. “. New day.” Their train car had overturned and was lying on its side. Samantha McDonald said she looked straight ahead and saw the windows that offered them the unique opportunity to escape. “We had to climb 10 feet straight above us to the escape windows,” he said. “I was able to get up and then there were other passengers who had gotten out of the other carriages before us who could help me and our family,” he said. “It was absolutely crazy.” Preliminary reports indicate that the crossing where the train hit the dump truck was “uncontrollable”, meaning that there were no lights or mechanized arms. Two of the people killed were on the train while the third was in the dump truck, Cpl said. Justin Dunn, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop B. At least 50 people were injured in the derailment, Chariton County Ambulance Service director Eric McKenzie told CNN. The plane was carrying about 275 passengers and 12 crew members, Amtrak said in a statement. Route speed data, data logger information and camera footage from Amtrak will be requested by a “Go Team” of 16 researchers when they arrive Tuesday morning, NTSB President Jennifer Homendy said on Monday. The NTSB team will include “specialists from engineers, signaling systems, operations and survivors. “Those who took part in the derailment,” said Hometi. Amtrak officials said in a statement Monday night that they were “deeply saddened” by the loss of life and injuries. “Amtrak is working with local authorities to ensure that those injured receive medical care and everyone else receives services and transportation. We are grateful for the support from local authorities who have provided assistance and resources to our customers and staff,” she said. statement. The collision was the second in two days with an Amtrak train. On Sunday, 85 passengers were on a train in the state of California when a vehicle struck. Three people were killed and two were seriously injured, all in the vehicle, officials said.
The passengers describe their escape from overturned wagons
Jason Drinkard, a high school teacher on the ship who was traveling with students on his way to a conference in Chicago, told CNN that KMBC passengers began to leave as soon as the train stopped. Their car was one of many that overturned on the side, he said. “People were already off the train and the windows were popping,” said Drinkard, who was not injured. He, his wife and others “started getting people out of the cars as fast as they could.” His students were shaken, but to a large extent he was fine, he told KMBC, however he found that the passengers in another car were slow to get out and needed further first aid. “I looked at my wife and said, ‘There is no way we can get out of this without God,’” he said. “I am very grateful that everyone on my team will go home tonight.” Robert Nightingale, a passenger in a car, told CNN he was taking a nap when he heard something. “It all happened like a slow motion. It started shaking and, and rocking, and then flickering, and then all of a sudden – all that dust went through my window,” Nightingale said. He said the train fell from the side where his apartment was located. Nightingale, who was not injured, said he could not get through the window, which was blocked by dirt, so he grabbed his backpack and climbed into the hallway. He then moved to an adjoining room where he found a way to climb and get to the side of the train. He said some people helped others get to the ground where he and others walked to the front of the train. He said the truck looked like it had large boulders inside. “It hit something important to cause … every car to shut down,” he said.
Scouts on board helped those in need
Two Scout soldiers from Appleton, Wisconsin, boarded the Amtrak train and helped injured people, Scott Armstrong, director of national media for America’s Scouts, told CNN on Monday. The Scouts on the train are believed to be between 14 and 17 years old, Armstrong said, adding that none of them were injured. Eight adults were with the troops. Passenger Larry Brown told CNN subsidiary KCTV that the Scouts and their adults “were really the first to respond” in the first moments after the crash. “When I opened one of the windows to open the roof, they were already up there trying to help people get out,” he told KCTV. “They did a very good job. They are very mature for their age. Whatever they teach the Scouts has paid off today.” The two soldiers were returning from their stay at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, Armstrong said, and the organization is working with them to complete their trip to Wisconsin. Travis Caldwell, David Williams, Steve Almasy, Amanda Musa, Jalen Beckford, Jennifer Feldman, Melanie Whitley, Andi Babineau, Jamiel Lynch, Rashard Rose, Elise Hammond and Melissa Macaya contributed to this CNN report.
