In this photo, provided by Kimberly Fossen, an ambulance is parked at the site of an Amtrak train derailment in north-central Montana on Saturday, September 25, 2021. Several people were injured when the train running between Seattle and Chicago derailed on Saturday, the railroad agency said.
Kimberly Fossen
National Transportation Safety Board investigators are trying to identify the cause Amtrak Derailment in Central and Northern Montana Three people were killed on an Empire Builder traveling from Chicago to Seattle.
The train, carrying about 141 passengers and 16 crew members, departed the railroad track around 4 pm on Saturday near Joplin, Montana, about 30 miles south of the Canadian border.
Other recent Amtrak accidents:
-December 18, 2017: A derailment near Olympia, Washington killed 3 people, seriously injured 10 people, and part of the train landed on Interstate 5. A faster railroad line that opens when it leaves the railroad track.
— April 3, 2016: Two maintenance workers were attacked and killed on a train over 100 mph in Chester, Pennsylvania. The leading engine of the train derailed.
— March 14, 2016: A train from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed in southwestern Kansas, injuring at least 32 people. Investigators concluded that a cattle feed truck collided with the truck and moved it at least one foot before the derailment.
— October 5, 2015: A train from Vermont to Washington, DC derailed when it hit a rock that fell from a shelf onto a railroad track. Seven people were injured.
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