Original title: at least three people were killed when a passenger train derailed in the United States
Xinhua news agency, Los Angeles, September 25 (reporter Gao Shan Huang Heng) - the national railway passenger transport company of the United States confirmed on the 25th that a passenger train of the company derailed in Montana in the northwest of the United States that day, killing at least three people.
The national railway passenger transport company issued a statement on the evening of the 25th that the train departing from Chicago derailed in Joplin, Montana at about 4 p.m. that day, carrying 141 passengers and 16 crew members. The statement said that there were still injuries on the train, but did not mention the specific number of injuries.
Pictures and videos of the accident scene posted on social media show that some carriages of the train derailed and turned over beside the track, and some personnel are rescuing at the scene.
The national railway passenger transport company said that the company is cooperating with local departments in the United States to transport the wounded and evacuate other passengers, and will fully assist in the accident investigation.
At present, the cause of the accident is not clear. The National Transportation Safety Commission has announced that it will investigate the accident. (end)