Ms. Frickel said the train, which was headed west, derailed just outside Joplin, Mont., which is about 200 miles north of Helena.
She said that rescuers from six counties were responding to the scene and that as many as five hospitals were on standby to receive injured passengers. There were also a number of medical helicopters standing by, she said.
“Everybody who is alive has been extricated from the wreck,” Ms. Frickel said.
Officials had evacuated survivors to two separate sites and were doing a head count. Emergency responders planned to put people up in hotels once their medical needs had been seen to.
“Every county around is assisting,” said Sheriff Donna Whitt of Toole County, Mont.
Amtrak said in a statement that it was “working with the local authorities to transport injured passengers, and safely evacuate all other passengers.”
Megan Vandervest, who was going to visit a friend in Seattle, boarded the train on Friday night from Minneapolis, where she lives.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/amtrak-montana-train-derails.html
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