APPLETON — Two Boy Scout troops from Appleton were on an Amtrak train that derailed in Missouri while traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, according to the Associated Press.
The scouts are in troops 73 and 12, which are chartered with First English Lutheran Church in Appleton.
Scott Armstrong, director of national media relations with the Boy Scouts of America, told WBAY TV that there were 16 youth, who are 13 to 17 years old, and 8 adults. Two adults were transported to hospitals for minor injuries. Everyone else was put on a school bus and taken to a hospital to be checked out as a precaution. They all had cuts and bruises but nothing serious, Armstrong said.
They were returning home from a week-long backpacking trip at a High Adventure wilderness camp in New Mexico.
According to the Missouri State Patrol, the dump truck and Amtrak collided at an uncontrolled crossing. Officials say seven cars derailed as a result of the collision.
The Missouri State Patrol confirms that there are multiple injuries and three confirmed deaths from this incident, two being on the train and the driver of the dump truck.
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