An Amtrak train traveling from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest derailed in a remote part of Montana on Saturday afternoon, killing three people and injuring others, the Liberty County Sheriff's office said in a statement to CNN.Eight cars from Amtrak's Empire Builder train 7/27 headed westbound to Seattle/Portland derailed at about 4 p.m. near Joplin, Montana, a town around 30 miles south of the Canadian border with a population of about 150 people, Amtrak said.
Amtrak has activated an Incident Response Team and"are sending emergency personnel and Amtrak leadership to the scene to help support our passengers, our employees and their families with their needs," the statement said. Individuals with questions about their friends and family aboard the train should call 800-523-9101, the railway said.
"It was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise, and then we came to a stop. Really we didn't know what was going on for a couple minutes." Injured passengers were taken by ambulance to the towns of Havre, Shelby, Great Falls and Fort Benton, and those who were in critical condition were flown for treatment, said Amanda Frickel, the disaster and emergency services coordinator for Hill County, Montana.
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