Four people killed in fatal Amtrak crash identified

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the three passengers killed in Monday’s fatal train crash.

Highway Patrol officials stated the following three people died from the incident:

Rachelle Cook, 58-year-old from De Soto, Kansas
Kim Holsapple, 56-year-old from De Soto, Kansas
Binh Phan, 82-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri

A statement indicated Cook and Holsapple were pronounced dead at the scene, while Pham was taken to University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She was pronounced dead later Monday.

The truck driver was also identified as 54-year-old Billy Barton II of Brookfield, Missouri.

The Highway Patrol stated Tuesday that about 150 people sustained some form of injury from the crash.

NTSB officials provided another update Wednesday afternoon.

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