• Re: Boy Scouts helped administer first aid after their Amtrak train der

    From lighting tech at Mega Amusement@21:1/5 to governor.swill@gmail.com on Sun Sep 25 05:47:50 2022
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    governor.swill@gmail.com wrote:

    A dump truck driver thought he could outrun a speeding train.


    Sixteen Boy Scouts from Appleton, Wisconsin, escaped serious
    injury Monday when the Amtrak train carrying them back from a
    trip to New Mexico derailed after striking a dump truck in rural
    Missouri.

    No one in the group was seriously injured, said Scott Armstrong,
    director of national media relations for the Boy Scouts of
    America.

    Adults in the group were bused to an area hospital to be
    examined after the crash.

    The Scouts administered first aid to several injured passengers,
    including the driver of the dump truck, Armstrong said. A source
    confirmed to the USA Today Network that one of the scouts tried
    to comfort the truck driver before he died.

    Four people were killed in the crash; the fourth death was
    announced Tuesday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said about
    150 people taken to 10 area hospitals with injuries ranging from
    minor to serious.

    The scouts, from Appleton-based troops 12 and 73 and ranging in
    age from 13 to 17, were returning from a week-long "adventure
    trek," said Brian Robb, director of Field Service for the Bay-
    Lakes Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

    He said two adults with the scouts were taken to hospital by
    ambulance.

    "We're hoping (the injuries) are just minor, like broken ribs,"
    Robb said.

    The train, carrying 275 passengers and 12 crew, hit a dump truck
    that was on the tracks at a public crossing in Mendon, a rural
    part of north-central Missouri about 100 miles northwest of
    Columbia. Eight cars and two locomotives derailed, Amtrak said.

    The scout troops are chartered with the first First English
    Lutheran Church of Appleton.

    More:The Amtrak train derailment in Mendon, Missouri, killed
    four. Here's what else we know.

    The scouts had been at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. It's
    the largest scout ranch in the world, said Ralph Voelker, scout
    executive for the Bay-Lakes Council.

    The train had been scheduled to continue to Chicago.

    USA TODAY and The Associated Press contributed to this report

    Contact Doug Schneider at (920) 431-8333, or
    DSchneid@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @PGDougSchneider.

    https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/state/2022/06/29/boy- scouts-amtrak-train-derailment-missouri-first-aid/7759324001/

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