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Commuter Train Crashes Into Hoboken Terminal, Injuring At
Least 100
September 29, 20169:19 AM ET
CAMILA DOMONOSKE
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| Train personnel survey the NJ Transit train that crashed in to the platform at the Hoboken Terminal on Thursday. Pancho Bernasconi/Getty Images |
A commuter train in New Jersey crashed into Hoboken Terminal
in New Jersey on Thursday morning, resulting in multiple injuries and visible
structural damage.
New Jersey transit officials said at least 100 people are
injured, Stephen Nessen of WNYC reports. Joseph Scott, the CEO of Jersey City
Medical Center, said the hospital had admitted some victims in critical or
serious condition.
There have been media reports of fatalities, which transit
officials did not confirm. Gov. Chris Christie told CNN around 11:30 a.m.
Eastern that everyone tra
Nessen says passengers on the train that crashed say it approached the station at "full speed" before slamming into the barrier at the end of the track, with the impact throwing riders onto the floor.
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Passengers walk to safety after a NJ Transit train crashed in to the platform in
Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday morning. Pancho Bernasconi/Getty Images
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WNYC's Nancy Solomon arrived on the scene shortly after the
crash, and says she personally saw 20 to 30 injured people, including at least
four who were unable to walk.
She says a train had traveled "all the way into the
station — not into the waiting room but into the outdoor part where people
transfer."
The station suffered visible structural damage, with water
spraying from the area affected. "About a fourth of the roof is
collapsed," Solomon tells our Newscast unit.
Solomon spoke to one man who had been a passenger on the
train that crashed, in the second car. He said he noticed the train didn't seem
to be slowing down enough as it approached the station, and he braced himself
for impact.
"People all around him were bloodied," Solomon
says. "The train went dark after it crashed. People were screaming, and
then they helped each other — there was really no assistance — they helped each
other off the train."
Witness Ben Fairclough tells NPR's Morning Edition he, too,
talked to people who were inside the train as it crashed.
"They said the train was shaking before it came to an
eventual stop and it was moving at a high rate of speed," he says.
"There were people climbing out of windows, there was water coming down
from the top of the ceiling and there did appear to be folks who were
unconscious."
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A portion of the roof collapsed after a NJ Transit crashed in to the platform at the
Hoboken Terminal on Thursday morning. Pancho Bernasconi/Getty Images
There is no indication of what may have caused the accident.
The Federal Railroad Administration has investigators on site, NPR's David
Schaper reports, and the National Transportation Safety Board is gathering
information on the crash.
Rail service in and out of Hoboken train station has been
suspended, New Jersey Transit has announced. Transit buses and the NY Waterway
are accepting rail tickets and passes.
Hoboken Terminal is a major commuter hub, connecting New
Jersey Transit commuter rail to PATH trains into New York City. The station
averages more than than 15,000 boardings each weekday on New Jersey Transit,
and 28,000 each weekday on PATH.
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First responders treat injured passengers after a New Jersey Transit train crashed into the
platform at Hoboken Terminal during morning rush hour on Thursday.
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images
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This is a breaking news story. As often happens in
situations like these, some information reported early may turn out to be
inaccurate. We'll move quickly to correct the record and we'll only point to
the best information we have at the time.
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