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September 28, 2021

Safety officials investigate deadly Chicago-to-Seattle Amtrak crash

  • Saturday's derailment occurred near a switch in the line, where one set of tracks turned into two, on a stretch of track that had just been inspected two days earlier.
    • By AMY BETH HANSON, MARTHA BELLISLE and ANITA SNOW
    Associated Press

    JOPLIN, Mont. — Federal investigators examined overturned rail cars and a stretch of tracks Monday as they worked to figure out why an Amtrak train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend, killing three people.

    The westbound Empire Builder was traveling from Chicago to Seattle when it left the tracks Saturday afternoon near Joplin, a town of about 200. The train, carrying 141 passengers and 16 crew members, had two locomotives and 10 cars, eight of which derailed, with some tipping onto their sides. Seven people were hospitalized.


     
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