At least 3 dead after Amtrak passenger train derails in Montana

Three people died and several were left injured after an Amtrak train derailed on Saturday afternoon in north-central Montana.

Multiple people were injured on Saturday when an Amtrak train that runs between Seattle and Chicago derailed Saturday afternoon in north-central Montana, the train agency said.

The Empire Builder train derailed at 4 pm near Joplin, a town of about 200, Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams said in a statement. The accident scene is about 150 miles (241 kilometers) north of Helena and about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the border with Canada.