Passengers aboard the Amtrak train that derailed in southwestern Kansas early Monday morning were brought to Union Station later on in the day to be reunited with friends and family.
Alexis Morgan was one of the passengers on board the train.
She was on the way to see her grandparents in Kansas City when the derailment happened.
"We were just riding along and the train started to derail," she explained. "The back four cars turned on their side so we had to push out the emergency windows."
Morgan said she was sleeping during the time of the accident and had no idea what would happen next.
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"It was pretty crazy, no one really knew what was going on," she said. "Some people started taking charge and climbed over seats to help people out."
Morgan's grandparents waited at Union Station for her bus to arrive.
Her grandfather, Wayne Kasemeier, said he first heard news of the derailment when Alexis called him early Monday morning.
"We knew she was alright after talking with her, so after that it was pretty calm," Kasemeier explained. "It was quite confusing waiting on the information on her. We didn't know how she was going to get back here to Kansas City."
Many of the passengers were taken by bus from the crash site to their destinations.
Over 130 people were on board the Amtrak train, which was heading from Los Angeles to Chicago.
As of Monday night, two people remained at a hospital in Texas in critical condition.
During a press conference on Monday afternoon, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson revealed details of the moments leading up to the crash.
According to investigators, the train was traveling around 60 miles per hour, which is appropriate for the track.
The NTSB said around the time of the derailment, the engineer applied the emergency brakes after he noticed "something wrong ahead".
Six train cars in total derailed from the track.
Investigators say the track was last inspected on March 10th, but they are now looking into damage that may have been done after a car crash on the tracks Sunday evening.
The official cause of the derailment still remains under investigation.
The NTSB is currently at the scene of the derailment and gathering details. Members are expected to be there for the next week looking into the cause.
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Tom Dempsey can be reached at tom.dempsey@kshb.com.
