A New Jersey Transit commuter train plowed through the walls of the Hoboken station outside New York City on Thursday, leaving at least three people dead and as many as 100 injured, according to NBC New York.
Investigators initially blamed the accident of train No. 1614, traveling on the Pascack Valley Line, on human error. A witness told CNN the train appeared to enter the station “much faster than normal” and “went airborne.”
The train remains partially lodged inside the building. A portion of the station’s ceiling collapsed above the wreck, captured in photos by passerby on the scene. Transit workers and investigators picked through the wreckage as people crawled out from the disaster zone in the aftermath, according to video from passengers and commuters posted on social media.
All Port Authority service at the station was suspended, as was service in and out of Hoboken station, NBC reported.
“Every medic, cop & firefighter is here. MANY injuries,” tweeted Christiana Pascale a communications professional, attaching photos of the crash.
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