NTSB: Amtrak train was below speed limit before fatal crash in Missouri

Thursday, June 30, 2022 ~ Updated 9:42 PM

MENDON, Mo. — An Amtrak passenger train was going about 87 mph when it collided with a dump truck at a rural Missouri railway crossing, killing four people, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.

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