At least 29 people have been taken to hospitals after an Amtrak passenger train derailed in rural southwest Kansas.
The train was travelling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it derailed on Monday, just after midnight, about 30km west of Dodge City, Amtrak said in a statement.
Amtrak said about 20 people were taken for medical treatment, but Grey County spokeswoman Ashley Rogers said the number of people taken to hospitals rose to 29 after several people sought medical attention at a community building in the small town of Cimarron.
Rogers said no one had life-threatening injuries.
The train consisted of two locomotives and nine cars, and that there were 128 passengers and 14 crew members on board.
Rogers said she went to the scene of the derailment along a straight stretch of tracks in rural farmland, and saw five cars on their sides, as well as two other cars standing, but off the tracks.
Amtrak said it was working with Burlington Northern Santa Fe to investigate.
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