An Amtrak passenger train derailed in Missouri after hitting a dump truck. Passenger photos show train cars knocked off the tracks and flipped onto their side.

• An Amtrak train carrying around 243 passengers derailed in Mendon, Missouri, the company said.

• Amtrak confirmed people were injured, but it's unclear how many or how severe they are.

• Posts on social media showed train cars flipped over on their side with passengers climbing out.

An Amtrak train traveling through Mendon, Missouri, derailed after hitting a dump truck at a crossing on Monday afternoon, the company confirmed to Insider.

Amtrak told Insider that it has received "early reports of injuries." Missouri Govorner Mike Parson told Greg Payne of KCTV5 he does believe there are "some fatalities," but it's still early on.

"It's a bad scene," he said.

The train had around 243 passengers aboard and was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago when it hit the truck at a public crossing at 1:42 p.m. local time.

People who lived near the crash said seven cars went off the tracks, FOX4KC reported.

Photos and videos shared on social media appeared to show multiple train cars flipped on their side as passengers climbed out.

In a Facebook live posted by Rob Nightingale, an out-of-breath passenger sits on the side of a flipped-over train car.

"Looks like I'm going to be late to Chicago," he says.

Photos on Twitter from another passenger appear to show riders helping someone out of a train window while others stand on top of the flipped over train cars or off to the side. Dax McDonald said passengers were bussed to the nearby Northwestern High School.

"So thankful for the people here," he wrote on Twitter, saying he was safe in Mendon, Missouri. "This town pulled together to help everyone"

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