This morning, a 1614 NJ Transit train from Pascack crashed through the Hoboken Terminal Thursday morning, causing massive damage. Right now the number of casualties is unknown but we do know that there’s major structural damage from the number of social media photos hitting Twitter and Instagram. It appears that part of the roof of the Hoboken Terminal has collapsed.
There’s a screenshot from a live video of the roof of the terminal below.
The cause of the crash is also unknown, but it has been reported that the train hit the bumper at full speed. Multiple head injuries are being reported although their severity isn’t yet known. More than 100 patients are being attended to by the NJ EMS triage units at the station. It is being treated as a “mass casualty event.”
You can learn more about the crash in the link below, or see some of the photos from the scene yourself.
https://twitter.com/TotallyHoboken/status/781478668577144832
https://twitter.com/NPR/status/781493232773500928
https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/781493176741797890
https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/781483709845368833
https://twitter.com/monduras/status/781483651255111680
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/781486461652705280
