More than one dozen remain hospitalized following Amtrak crash on Monday in Missouri

At least 13 people remain in Missouri hospitals after an Amtrak train crashed into a dump truck Monday, killing four people and injuring dozens.

There were about 275 passengers and 12 crew members aboard the eastbound train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed around 12:40 p.m. in Mendon, about 115 miles northeast of Kansas City, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Following the crash, 150 people were injured and transported to 10 hospitals around the state, including Boone Hospital Center, University Hospital in Columbia and University Health Hospital in Kansas City.

University Hospital cared for 19 patients associated with the collision, according to University of Missouri Health Care spokesman Eric Maze. One of those patients, a passenger on the train, was reported dead Tuesday.

On Wednesday morning, Maze said 10 patients had been discharged and eight remain at the hospital.

Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall had 11 patients from the crash come through the hospital and three received in-patient care, said Richard DeFord, the hospital’s public information officer. Two patients remained in the hospital as of Tuesday night, he said.

Six patients were admitted by the end of Monday to Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, about 45 miles west of the crash site, hospital spokeswoman Lindsey Stitch said. Of those six, three were discharged while the other three were transferred to St. Luke’s Kansas City, St. Luke’s East and Children’s Mercy.

One patient was in serious condition.

One patient was transported by helicopter Monday to University Health in Kansas City. Hospital spokesman Keith King said the patient remained hospitalized Wednesday. He didn’t know about the patient’s condition, but said in an earlier statement that the downtown facility “is a federally designated Level 1 Trauma Center equipped to handle severe injuries.”

Four patients were sent to Northeast Regional Medical Center. Of those, two were treated and released and two were still in the hospital in serious condition, said Laura Gruber Harden, a spokeswoman for the center.