A Missouri Department of Transportation plan released this year cited a need to improve safety at the rail crossing where an Amtrak train and a dump truck collided, resulting in the deaths of three passengers and the truck driver. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Tuesday a fourth person died from injuries from Monday's crash.
The patrol said about 150 people had been taken to 10 area hospitals with injuries ranging from minor to serious.
The Southwest Chief was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago; it had passed through Newton, Kansas, during the overnight hours before it derailed later Monday in north-central Missouri.
