One dead as train crashes in swamp

A passenger was killed and 65 others were injured when a train derailed and toppled on its side as it crossed swamps in central Mississippi.

A passenger was killed and 65 others were injured when a train derailed and toppled on its side as it crossed swamps in central Mississippi.

The nine-carriage Amtrak train, travelling from New Orleans to Chicago, derailed about 25 miles north of Jackson, leaving twisted and heavily damaged track.

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