NTSB updates investigation of Amtrak train collision

The US’s National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) gave an update on the investigation into a deadly crash where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck in Mendon, Missouri.

The chair of the NTSB explained that the crossing where the crash happened is a passive crossing.The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck, Chariton County, says residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly three years.Meanwhile, the toll rose to four deaths and 150 injuries.A day after the deadly crash, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said the injured were taken to 10 hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious.