I just saw on ‘Breaking News’ that a transit train has crashed into a platform at the Hoboken NJ platform. Anyone have any details?
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/09/several_hurt_in_train_crash_at_hoboken_station.html
Not a lot of detail yet.
Didn’t take long to cross the Atlantic
NJ.com has already updated with some video. From the look of it the train ran off the end of the track. Also part of the train shed collapsed. I also saw what I think is building marble in the pictures.
One of the reports I saw said this was a Pascack Valley train.
NPR is reporting on it right now. Witnesses say there are 100 injuries or more. The train was going at track speed, it did not slow down, as you would expect a train to do coming into a station.
One person has died.
Three confirmed dead, so far. No PTC. Track #5 in Hoboken Station.
WNBC New York is reporting 3 deaths.
WNBC New York corrected their story, they are now saying 1 death.
Train was #1614 originating at Spring Valley.
I will speculate that the train may have gone into the ticket office.
Also
WNBC New York also interviewed a William Blaine, a locomotive engineer with Norfolk Southern who was at the scene of the wreck.(Mr Blaine’ s description may indicate the Engineer may have been incapacitated going into this)
WNBC also has on air Bill Vantuono of Railway Age.
Not a good day for NJT
http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2016/09/person_struck_and_killed_by_train_at_newark_penn_s.html
NEWARK — A person was struck and killed by an Amtrak train at Newark Penn Station Thursday morning, according to an official.
Northeast Regional train 190 hit the “trespasser” around 6:20 a.m. on track 2, an Amtrak spokesman said.
No one aboard the Amtrak train was hurt. The passengers were transferred to a New York-bound NJ Transit train.
The spokesman didn’t know the age or gender of the person killed.
Was watching Fox News at my local bodega. The Fox News bimbo was talking to a rail safety “expert” and nither one had any idea how a train works. “Like why did not the conducter stop the train?”. “Who drives the train?”. I wanted to throw my breakfast sandwich at the TV.
Now i later learn that FOX is broadcast outta New York City so YOU WOULD THINK that some of the anchors take the commuter train once in a while.
" Most programs are broadcast from Fox News headquarters in New York City (at 1211 Avenue of the Americas), in its streetside studio on Sixth Avenue in the west wing of Rockefeller Center, sharing its headquarters with sister channel Fox Business Network. Fox News Channel has seven studios at its New York City headquarters that are used for its and Fox Business’ programming:"
Prayer and thoughts with those injured in the Hoboken crash. Also the person who died and their family.
Bella Dinh-Zarr
To get a Ticket to Florida?
Any news on the crew?
The engineer is said to have survived.
Surprised?