A train crashed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey around 8:45AM local time today (10:45PM AEST), according to reports. There are 74 injured and three in serious condition. The train’s conductor is in critical condition. One fatality has been confirmed by officials.
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The cause of the crash is currently unknown. The train was number 1614 on the Pascack Valley Line which departed from Spring Valley at 7:23AM (9:23PM AEST) and was due to arrive in Hoboken at 8:38AM (10:38PM AEST).
New Jersey PATH and New Jersey Transit service into Hoboken has currently been suspended. The Hoboken train station is a major commuting hub for New York City, providing service to PATH and New Jersey Transit.
An aerial look at the Hoboken train station damage: pic.twitter.com/w3ys2gNLzc
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) September 29, 2016
“The train simply did not stop,” a bystander told CBS New York.
Train that crashed in Hoboken not equipped with auto-stopping PTC system. No NJ Transit trains are. Deadline was 2015, extended to 2018.
— Walt Kane (@waltkane) September 29, 2016
“It was for a couple seconds, but it felt like an eternity,” Bhagyesh Shah, a passenger, told NBC. “I saw a woman pinned under the concrete. A lot of people were bleeding, one guy was crying.”
The New Jersey EMS is currently reporting over 100 patients, and New Jersey Transit said that multiple passengers were still trapped an hour after the event. According to NBC, there are “no initial signs Hoboken train crash was terror related or deliberate act”. As of 9:37AM local time (11:37PM AEST), passengers were no longer trapped. CNN later reported that the train’s conductor survived the crash and was speaking with investigators.
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FDNY says it is deploying a Medical Evacuation Transport Unit to provide mutual aid to New Jersey train crash scene. pic.twitter.com/A4GIXUCTbj
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) September 29, 2016
Here’s a video of the aftermath:
#Hoboken #traincrash train hit the station pic.twitter.com/5xteTKLavU
— Leon O (@monduras) September 29, 2016
PV Line train crash in Hoboken Station #NJT #PATH pic.twitter.com/zP7uOjoGHw
— Corey Futterman (@coreyfuttdesign) September 29, 2016
One tweet shows a passenger with blood on his shirt:
More images of the PV Line train crash in Hoboken. I was on the train but I’m all good #NJT #PATH pic.twitter.com/pIRI4yWB5s
— Corey Futterman (@coreyfuttdesign) September 29, 2016
One apparent bystander got a closer shot of the train itself which appears to be sideways in the station:
Disaster this morning for the NJ commute. Train ran right through the Hoboken terminal pic.twitter.com/nnTpZwzwUs
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) September 29, 2016
Chaos in #HobokenStation, train ran past brake barrier, I am safe! pic.twitter.com/ZIGcRGY45U
— Steve Long (@shootbydaylight) September 29, 2016