The train EN route from Washington to new York, derailed. The result of an accident injured about 140 people.
In the U.S. the train EN route from Washington to new York, derailed North of Philadelphia. The train was about 238 passengers and 5 crew members. According to our information, about only affected about 140 persons, informs Associated Press. As informs NBC NEWS, about 5 people were killed. At the crash site were targeted hundreds of firefighters and police officers.
It is known that about 6 cars completely derailed, and several fell to the side. As explained rescuers, several people were trapped inside the train, and had to be released using hydraulic devices.
According to witnesses, shortly before the crash, the passengers felt a strong vibration in the first of the train carriages. "It was like the clang of trucks crashing into each other. The sound lasted only a few hours, and then he heard screams," he stated occupant of a house located near the site of the disaster.
As outlined Janelle Richards, a news producer of NBC trapped in the ill-fated train, she heard the spontaneous noise, and then people began to fall. "The train derailed. Noise. Smoke filled the train. People who managed to reach the exit, attempted to open the door and climb" - she wrote in his own Twitter. Ex-Congressman Patrick Murphy, who was on the train, has posted on Twitter a photo of the rescuers working at the crash site. The cause of the accident is not currently reported to be under investigation of all the circumstances of the disaster.
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