Train derails in US killing three and injuring dozens

Prasenberg at English Wikipedia , CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons At least three people have been killed and 50 others hurt after a train came off the tracks in Montana. Several carriages from the Amtrak Empire Builder passenger service derailed at about 4pm local time (00.00 GMT+2) near the town of Joplin. Some 141 passengers and 16 crew were aboard