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New Jersey Transit Train Crashes Into Hoboken Station At Least One Dead After New Jersey Transit Train Crashes Into Hoboken Station
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A commuter train crashed at a station in New Jersey on Thursday morning, according to New Jersey Transit. A commuter train crashed at a station in northern New Jersey during the Thursday morning rush, killing at least one person and injuring about 100 people, a number of them seriously, the authorities said.
Jim Smith, a spokesman for the agency, confirmed that an incident involving a New Jersey Transit train had occurred at the train station in Hoboken. No other details were immediately available. “There are fatalities,’’ said a senior transportation official who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly. “There are a significant number of injuries. The train was going very fast. There are structural concerns about the facility. “
People shared photos of the crash on social media, which depicted a train that had crashed into the station. Jim Smith, a spokesman for New Jersey Transit, would confirm only that an accident involving a New Jersey Transit train had occurred at the train station in Hoboken. No other details were immediately available.
People shared photos of the crash on social media, which depicted a derailed train at the station. One image showed the front of a train stopped beyond the tracks inside the station. Photos also seemed to show extensive damage to the station, which is one of the busiest of the New Jersey Transit system.
Rail service was suspended into and out of the station. Local buses and ferries were accepting train tickets in lieu of the accident.
Jason Danahy was on the train, on the Pascack Valley line, that crashed on Thursday morning. He said the train was filled with commuters and pulling into the station when it abruptly came to a halt.
“From the fifth car, it felt like a major skid,” he said. “A creaking noise and a skid. I was lucky to be on the fifth car.”
When he got off the train, it was chaotic in the station.
“I saw bloody noses,” he said. “I saw people crying.”
A spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration, Matthew Lehner, said the agency was aware of the crash and had investigators on their way.