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| New Jersey train crash: one confirmed dead in Hoboken – live updates | |
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| 4.58pm BST | |
| 16:58 | |
| Governor confirms one person dead | |
| New Jersey Governor Chris Christie confirmed that at least one person died in the train crash. He did not identify the victim. | |
| More than 50 people were being treated for injuries at the New Jersey Medical Center. | |
| A New Jersey Transit spokesperson said 250 passengers are usually traveling on that train at the time the crash occurred. | |
| 4.48pm BST | |
| 16:48 | |
| New Jersey Transit director of media relations, Jennifer Nelson, said more than 100 people were injured in a train crash at Hoboken station. | |
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| at 4.48pm BST | |
| 4.45pm BST | |
| 16:45 | |
| Officials at Jersey City Medical Center said 51 people were being treated at the hospital. | |
| Three of the injuries were critical, eight were serious and 40 were the “walking wounded,” said Kenneth Garay, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer. | |
| He said some of those injuries were orthopedic and some were internal. | |
| Hospital CEO, Joseph Scott, said the hospital was also treating people for minor injuries like cuts and head bumps. “I think somebody got hit on the head and has a lump – those sort of things,” Scott said. | |
| Scott noted that Jersey City Medical Center provided care to passengers on the US Airways flight that landed in the Hudson River in 2009. | |
| 4.34pm BST | |
| 16:34 | |
| “Ambulances and firetrucks from neighboring cities arrived at Hoboken train station around 10.45am to help transport dozens of injured passengers,” writes Jessica Glenza, reporting from the scene of the crash. | |
| “Several roads leading to Hoboken were closed by police. Pedestrians in the area meandered around the scene, looking shocked or confused. | |
| Near the station, first responders continuously pushed media further back down the Observer Highway, away from the station. The scenes remained chaotic at 11am, with a mix of dozens of emergency vehicles, sirens flashing and media attempting to film evidence of destruction outside the station”. | |
| 4.15pm BST | 4.15pm BST |
| 16:15 | 16:15 |
| William Blaine, a freight engineer, said he saw the train’s engineer slumped over in the front of the train. “[The engineer] was bent over at the front of the train,” Blaine told reporters on the scene. | William Blaine, a freight engineer, said he saw the train’s engineer slumped over in the front of the train. “[The engineer] was bent over at the front of the train,” Blaine told reporters on the scene. |
| “What really bothered me was ... I stepped over a dead woman’s body,” Blaine said. | “What really bothered me was ... I stepped over a dead woman’s body,” Blaine said. |
| Blaine said he saw the woman on the side of the train and thought she had been hit by debris. | Blaine said he saw the woman on the side of the train and thought she had been hit by debris. |
| NBC New York, citing multiple anonymous sources, said at least three people died in the crash. Officials have not confirmed how many people, if any, died in the crash. | NBC New York, citing multiple anonymous sources, said at least three people died in the crash. Officials have not confirmed how many people, if any, died in the crash. |
| “The first person I saw had an injury to his head – all bleeding,” Blaine said. “He seemed in shock himself – half in a coma. He passed back out”. | “The first person I saw had an injury to his head – all bleeding,” Blaine said. “He seemed in shock himself – half in a coma. He passed back out”. |
| Blaine said he went to help the man, but someone else beat him to it. He then went to help people off the train. | Blaine said he went to help the man, but someone else beat him to it. He then went to help people off the train. |
| 4.05pm BST | 4.05pm BST |
| 16:05 | 16:05 |
| Passengers said the train didn’t slow down as it was pulling into the station, where it hit the rail bumper at the end of the line. | Passengers said the train didn’t slow down as it was pulling into the station, where it hit the rail bumper at the end of the line. |
| “It just never stopped. It was going really fast and the terminal was basically the brake for the train,” Nancy Bido, a passenger on the train, told WNBC-TV in New York. | “It just never stopped. It was going really fast and the terminal was basically the brake for the train,” Nancy Bido, a passenger on the train, told WNBC-TV in New York. |
| “The next thing I know, we are plowing through the platform,” passenger Bhagyesh Shah told NBC New York. “It was for a couple seconds, but it felt like an eternity”. | “The next thing I know, we are plowing through the platform,” passenger Bhagyesh Shah told NBC New York. “It was for a couple seconds, but it felt like an eternity”. |
| Shah said he had seen a woman pinned under concrete and many people bleeding. | Shah said he had seen a woman pinned under concrete and many people bleeding. |
| The train had left Spring Valley, New York, at 7:23 am and crashed into Hoboken Terminal at 8:45 am, according to New Jersey transit. | The train had left Spring Valley, New York, at 7:23 am and crashed into Hoboken Terminal at 8:45 am, according to New Jersey transit. |
| PV Line train crash in Hoboken Station #NJT #PATH pic.twitter.com/zP7uOjoGHw | PV Line train crash in Hoboken Station #NJT #PATH pic.twitter.com/zP7uOjoGHw |
| Unbelievable scene in Hoboken right now. Train crashed and went straight through the platform into the station. pic.twitter.com/NK2GDkkQA6 | Unbelievable scene in Hoboken right now. Train crashed and went straight through the platform into the station. pic.twitter.com/NK2GDkkQA6 |
| 4.03pm BST | 4.03pm BST |
| 16:03 | 16:03 |
| The Guardian video team has obtained footage of the immediate aftermath of the crash in Hoboken. | The Guardian video team has obtained footage of the immediate aftermath of the crash in Hoboken. |
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| 15:55 | 15:55 |
| New Jersey Transit said in its latest statement that initial reports indicate “multiple critical injuries”. | New Jersey Transit said in its latest statement that initial reports indicate “multiple critical injuries”. |
| Train #1614 on the Pascack Valley line left from Spring Valley, New York, bound for Hoboken. It struck the Hoboken Terminal building on track 5, NJ Transit said. | Train #1614 on the Pascack Valley line left from Spring Valley, New York, bound for Hoboken. It struck the Hoboken Terminal building on track 5, NJ Transit said. |
| Train service is suspended into and out of Hoboken Terminal. “NJ TRANSIT bus, private carriers and ferry services are cross-honoring NJT rail tickets and passes,” the statement said. | Train service is suspended into and out of Hoboken Terminal. “NJ TRANSIT bus, private carriers and ferry services are cross-honoring NJT rail tickets and passes,” the statement said. |
| Officials are due to provide an update near the terminal soon. | Officials are due to provide an update near the terminal soon. |
| 3.34pm BST | 3.34pm BST |
| 15:34 | 15:34 |
| A New Jersey commuter train crashed into a rail station during rush hour this morning, injuring more than 100 people. | A New Jersey commuter train crashed into a rail station during rush hour this morning, injuring more than 100 people. |
| New Jersey Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson said several passengers were critically injured. | New Jersey Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson said several passengers were critically injured. |
| The New Jersey Transit train crashed into a rail station in Hoboken at 8:45am. Nelson told Fox News that about 250 passengers are usually on board the train around that time. | The New Jersey Transit train crashed into a rail station in Hoboken at 8:45am. Nelson told Fox News that about 250 passengers are usually on board the train around that time. |
| Rail service was suspended in and out of the city, which is about a 30-minute train journey outside of midtown Manhattan. | Rail service was suspended in and out of the city, which is about a 30-minute train journey outside of midtown Manhattan. |
| More than 30 people were injured in a crash at the same station in 2011, when a Path commuter train hit the bumpers at the end of the tracks. | More than 30 people were injured in a crash at the same station in 2011, when a Path commuter train hit the bumpers at the end of the tracks. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 3.35pm BST | at 3.35pm BST |