Rescue personnel survey the NJ Transit train that crashed into the platform at the Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Photo: AFP)
A packed commuter train ploughed into a station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour on Thursday with one person reported killed and more than 100 injured, many of them in critical condition.
The train failed to stop as it pulled into Hoboken station at speed, went up over the blocks at the end of the track and rammed into a wall a few meters away, a New Jersey transit official told AFP at the scene.
Michael Larson, another transit employee, told CNN he heard a “bomb-like explosion” as the train hit the bumpers with such force that it went airborne — hitting the station’s roof.
Train No. 1614 was arriving from Spring Valley when it struck the Hoboken terminal building at around 8:45 am, New Jersey Transit said in a statement, adding that all services were currently suspended.
