An Amtrak passenger train with more than 200 passengers on board
derailed in north Philadelphia on Tuesday night, killing at least five
people and injuring more than 50 others, several of them critically,
authorities said.
Authorities said they had no idea what caused the train wreck, which
left some demolished rail cars strewn upside down and on their sides in
the city’s Port Richmond neighborhood along the Delaware River.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter confirmed at a news conference that
at least five people were killed in the accident. Fire officials said
more than 50 others were taken to area hospitals, six of them critically
injured.
“It’s an absolute disastrous mess,” Nutter said. “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life.”
Amtrak said there were 238 passengers and five crew members aboard
the derailed No. 188 train on route from Washington, D.C., to New York.
The rail line provided no other details about the circumstances of
the accident. It said Amtrak service along the whole Northeast train
corridor between New York and Philadelphia had been suspended.
CNN quoted the Federal Bureau of Investigation as saying there was no
indication that terrorism may have been a factor in the derailment. The
weather was fair at the time of the crash.
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