Train Crashes into Station Killing One Person and Leaving Hundreds Injured
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commuter train crashed into one of the busiest train stations in the
New York area during the morning rush on Thursday, killing at least one
person, injuring more than 100 others and creating a scene of chaos and
destruction, the authorities and witnesses said.
The
crash occurred around 8:45 a.m., when a commuter train traveling at a
high rate of speed barreled through the barriers meant to stop it and
finally stopped against a wall of the Hoboken Terminal building,
officials said.
The impact jolted commuters
on the crowded four-passenger-car train and sent part of the terminal’s
structure that covered the tracks tumbling down onto the platform.
One
person standing on the platform was killed by falling debris, Gov.
Chris Christie of New Jersey said at a news conference on Thursday
afternoon near the train station.
“An
extraordinary tragedy,” Mr. Christie said, flanked by Gov. Andrew M.
Cuomo of New York and transportation officials. In total, at least 108
people were injured in the crash, Mr. Christie said.
Michael Larson, a New Jersey Transit
worker, was in the station when the train crashed. He said he crawled
on his hands and knees to pull people out of the first train car. Videos
and photographs show the front of the train stopped beyond the tracks
inside the station amid a jumble of mangled metal and hanging wires.
“The first car was pretty well destroyed,” Mr. Larson said. “The whole roof was caved in. The seats were broken.”
Mr. Larson, whose pant leg was bloodied, said that “by looking at the damage” he suspected there had been fatalities.
When
the train arrived at the station, it went “over the bumper block,
through the depot” and came to rest at the wall right before the
station’s waiting area, Mr. Larson told reporters during a segment that
was broadcast on CNN.
“One of the worst days I’ve ever seen,” he said.
Rail
service was suspended into and out of the station Local buses and
ferries began accepting New Jersey train tickets as a result of the
accident, but ferry service to New York City from Hoboken was shut down
at midday, Mr. Cuomo of New York said.
Hoboken,
which sits along the Hudson River, is a busy transit hub for both New
Jersey Transit and PATH, the rail line that travels to Manhattan. PATH
train service was suspended after the crash, but was restored by the
Thursday afternoon rush.
Hoboken
Terminal is one of New Jersey Transit’s most used stations with about
15,000 people boarding there each weekday, according to figures from the
railroad. More than 28,000 riders use the Hoboken PATH station on
weekdays. The train that crashed started its journey shortly after 7:30
a.m. in Spring Valley, N.Y., and was going to Hoboken along the Pascack
Valley line.
Passengers on the train described the crash and its chaotic aftermath.
Amy Krulewitz, who commutes from Hackensack, N.J., into Manhattan, was riding in the fourth car of the train.
The train “wobbled,” she said, “then, boom!” She said the front car was “crumpled.”
Emerging
from the Jersey City Medical Center with a slight limp and what she
said was a twisted ankle, Ms. Krulewtiz said she had felt “how the train
was going off the tracks.”
“I was stunned,” she said.
People in her car immediately checked on one another after the impact, she said.
The
Jersey City Medical Center treated dozens of people with minor injuries
and some with more serious injuries, officials said. A spokesman for
Care Point Health said 16 patients were taken to Hoboken University
Medical Center, and at least one to Christ Hospital in Jersey City.
The
train’s engineer survived the crash and was being treated at a
hospital, according to a union that represents New Jersey Transit
workers.
Ben Fairclough said he was transferring at the station when he saw the derailed train, which was blocking part of the terminal.
“There
were wires down, water pouring from the ceiling, the roof had collapsed
and there was people climbing out of windows of the train,” he said.
A
video taken by Mr. Fairclough shows passengers climbing out of the
train, walking over the debris. “Clear the area,” someone shouts.
Mr. Fairclough said one person appeared to be unconscious on the ground. Others were bloody, he said.
“Cars drive into houses,” he said. “This was a train that drove into the terminal.”
Tom Spina said he was in the terminal when “we heard a loud boom.” He walked toward the chaotic scene.
“You saw folks bleeding from the head, limping, folks were on the ground,” he said. “It was awful.”
T.
Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairwoman of the National Transit Review Board,
said the agency was sending investigators to the scene.
Matthew Lehner, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, said the agency had also dispatched investigators.
The PATH train station at Hoboken was the site of a crash in 2011 that injured 30 people.
Source: New York Times
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