The train, en route from Washington to New York derailed. The accident injured about 140 people.
The US train from Washington to New York, derailed north of Philadelphia . The train is about 238 passengers and 5 crew members . According to preliminary data, about the hardest hit about 140 people, according to Associated Press. According to NBC NEWS, about five people were killed . At the crash site have been sent to hundreds of firefighters and police officers.
It is known that about six cars derailed completely , a few fell on its side. According to rescuers, some people were locked inside the train, they had to be freed using hydraulic tools.
According to eyewitnesses, shortly before the crash, passengers feel strong vibration in the first car of the composition. “It was like the clang of carts crashing against each other. The sound lasted for only a few hours, and then heard the cries,” – said a resident of the house, located near the crash site.
As told Janelle Richards, a producer of news TV channel NBC, which has appeared in the ill-fated train, she heard a sudden roar, and then people began to fall. “The train was derailed. Roar. Smoke filled the train. People who were able to walk to the exit and tried to open the door and go up,” – she wrote in her Twitter. Former Congressman Patrick Murphy, who was on the train, posted on Twitter a photo rescue , working at the crash site. The cause of the incident is not currently reported an investigation of all circumstances of the disaster.
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