all, about eight of those according amtrak derailed up from the original five that was reported. the big trick here is the location. joplin is in liberty county, montana. population only about 150. passengers were being taken to a local senior center but because of this location where this derailment happened, amtrak is not able to provide another train to get these people to where they were going. i just want you to listen to one of these passengers now, meghan, she was on board as the train derailed and she describes a terrifying scene. i awoke to it derailing. i would describe the experience as kind of like extreme turbulence on an airplane, but like louder. there was kind of a lot of smoke smell. of it the first thought i really had when i woke up was owe my god we re derailing. it was 10 or 15 seconds of
more than 140 passengers and 16 crews on board at the time of this derailment. a passenger on that train derailed. she joins me now. tell us which car you were in and what happened? i was in the second sleeper car on the train. and, we had actually gone back to our rooms, i was asleep when the train derailed. i woke to it derailing. i would describe the experience as kind of extreme turbulent on an airplane but louder.
transportation, like another train, to get these people further down the line. this train was going between chicago and seattle, average speed about 50 miles an hour. it takes about 45 hour to take this trip. it s a pretty long journey, a scenic one through the big sky area of montana and beyond. we are just hearing from passengers who described this terrifying scene as this train derailed. i awoke to it derailing and i would describe the experience as kind of like extreme turbulence on an airplane but loud ir. there was kind of a lot of smoke smell and it was the first thought i really had when i woke up was, oh, my god we re derailing. it was probably 10 or 15 seconds of rocking back and forth and tons of noise and then we came to a stop and, really, it was we didn t know what was going on.
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