'Everyone was flying everywhere': What we know about the deadly Amtrak derailment in Missouri

National Transportation Safety Board officials were expected in rural Missouri on Tuesday to investigate an Amtrak train derailment that killed three people.

Amtrak said about 275 passengers and 12 crew members were aboard a train en route to Chicago from Los Angeles when it hit a dump truck on Monday afternoon, killing the driver.

Two train passengers also died when seven of eight cars on the Amtrak Southwest Chief train came off the tracks, said Cpl. Justin Dunn, spokesperson for Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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