At least three dead and multiple injured as Amtrak trail derails in Montana
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-26/amtrak-train-derails-in-montana-us-killing-three/100492608
The accident scene is about 241 kilometres north of Helena and about 48 kilometres from the border with Canada.
The train had about 147 passengers and 13 crew members on board, Mr Abrams said.
What happened aboard the train
Megan Vandervest, a passenger on the train who was going to visit a friend in Seattle, told The New York Times that she was awakened by the derailment.
"My first thought was that we were derailing because, to be honest, I have anxiety and I had heard stories about trains derailing," said Ms Vandervest, who is from Minneapolis.
"My second thought was that's crazy. We wouldn't be derailing. Like, that doesn't happen."
She told the Times that the car behind hers was tilted over, the one behind that was entirely tipped over, and the three cars behind that "had completely fallen off the tracks and were detached from the train."