https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10958473/Multiple-people-feared-dead-Amtrak-derailment-near-Kansas-City.html An Amtrak train derailed after colliding with a dump truck at a public crossing in Mendon, Missouri Monday Three people are being transported to University Hospital, with one being life-flighted by helicopter The train Southwest Chief Train 4 was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it collided with the truck and derailed around 12:42 p.m. at a public crossing about 100 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri Approximately 243 people were onboard at the time of the crash, which toppled several cars onto their sides Shocking photos taken in the immediate aftermath show a passenger being helped out of a broken window The collision happened just a day after another Amtrak train hit a car at a crossing in Brentwood, California around 1pm Sunday, killing three women By ANDREA CAVALLIER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 15:09 EDT, 27 June 2022 | UPDATED: 17:24 EDT, 27 June 2022 Missouri officials have declared a 'large fatality event' after an Amtrak train collided with a dump truck at a public railroad crossing and overturned. Local outlet ABC17 reported that multiple people died in the event, but that an exact number remains uncertain. Three people are being transported to University Hospital, with one being life-flighted by helicopter, an MU Health Care spokesman told ABC17. The Southwest Chief Train 4, which was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, collided with the truck that was obstructing the public crossing and came off the tracks at Mendon in Missouri around 12.42pm CT Monday, Amtrak confirmed to DailyMail.com. Eight train cars and two locomotives (with the train engines) derailed after striking a truck. There were 'early reports of injuries,' Amtrak said in a statement, adding that there were 243 passengers and 12 crew members onboard at the time of the crash Shocking photos taken in the immediate aftermath show a female passenger being helped out of a broken window, while others were seen atop overturned cars. Local emergency personnel have responded to the scene. Rob Nightengale, one of the train passengers, went live on Facebook shortly after the accident that sent at least eight of the train cars rolling onto their sides. In the video, the train passengers' world is turned upside down and they are seen trying to prop themselves awkwardly against the side of the toppled over train car, while trying to avoid stepping on glass from the shattered windows. Nightengale spoke to CNN in a phone interview and said that those in the dining car and observation deck had the hardest time getting to safety. Another passenger tweeted several images of the derailment, then posted that they had taken refuge at a local high school in Mendon, Missouri. 'So thankful for the people here, safely at the Northwestern high school near Mendon,' Dax McDonald tweeted. 'This town pulled together to help everyone.' Journalist Nylah Burton, who was on a separate Amtrak train set to depart Albuquerque, says she was informed of the possible deaths and injuries by a staff member who came into her car to announce a delay caused by the incident. She tweeted: 'An @Amtrak train just derailed in Kansas City (there are likely fatalities but they don't know all the details) so I'm stuck in Albuquerque tonight because the train can't go any further.' A Twitter user called Durand shared the shocking snaps, saying: 'Oh no.. #Amtrak derailment somewhere in #Missouri.' Amtrak confirmed to DailyMail.com that multiple injuries were reported, but no additional details were released. Amtrak tweeted that the Southwest Chief Train 3, which was scheduled to depart Chicago, has been canceled. Amtrak asks passengers to contact 1-800-USA-RAIL for further assistance. Mendon is about 100 miles northeast of Kansas City, Missouri. The derailment comes one day after another Amtrak train collided with a car at a crossing in Brentwood, California, on Sunday afternoon, killing three women, and injuring several others. Three women, all over the age of 50, were pronounced dead at the scene in Sunday's crash, according to The Mercury News. Authorities say the car pulled into a long rural dirt driveway near the intersection of Orwood Road and Bixler Road around 1pm when the Amtrak train rammed into it. The car then careened off the road and hit another vehicle. A child and two men were also hospitalized with serious injuries, and another person suffered from moderate injuries. In total, a spokeswoman for BNSF Railway told the New York Times there were 'approximately' five people injured, though the number remains in dispute. Those who who were seriously wounded were rushed to the John Muir Medical Center after the crash on Sunday afternoon, according to ABC News. One of the adults was airlifted and the child was transported by the ground, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The victims were all inside the four-door sedan when it was struck, officials say, and Battalion Chief Craig Auzenne, of the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, told reporters at the scene that none of the 81 passenger or five crew members on board the train were injured. In fact, he said, the train came to a stop about a quarter-mile from where the sedan slammed into an SUV. An investigation into the crash is ongoing. But East Contra Costa Fire Department officials say they'd already been called out to that train crossing twice last year because it does not have a traffic guard. 'It's a bad crossing,' Steve Aubert, a fire marshal said, noting that trains travel at about 80mph on the tracks. 'It's just a recipe for disaster unfortunately.'