this is one of the pictures tweeted out. so far, 59 patients so far we hadded a guest that suffered only minor injuries. when you see the mangled car up front of this train, one has to assume there is going to be very bad news in terms of injuries. i wanted to update the viewers on the numbers we know thus far. 238 passengers on board from amtrak now. we expect there to be official or near official five crew members and as mentioned service between philly and new york city has been suspended.
little bit. and then another guy, he was stuck behind one of those tables and couldn t move at all. that was congressman patrick murphy speaking to rachel maddow an a little earlier this evening. he was on one of those train cars and experienced this derailment and described basically what happened during those moments right afterwards and trying to get people off the train. the scene is still active at this hour. crews are still there. and search crews are on the scene as well and they are trying to find you know piece it together clues and find if there are any possible passengers still aboard that train, because we understand from mayor michael nutter of philadelphia that he s not sure if everyone has been accounted for, but the numbers we do know is that there were 238 passengers on the train, five crew members. of that five people have been killed in this derailment. and of course we re going to continue to follow this breaking news and bring you the latest right here on msnbc.
four-alarm response. the fire department is in command. it s called a level 3 mass casualty incident. 238 passengers on board. six people are said to be in critical condition. at least we re told five fatalities so far. about 53 people were taken to the hospital. many are described as walking wounded and we can be thankful for that. let s go back to larry mann. you re a railroad expert and i was just about to say how fast do you think this train could have been going given the damage that we re seeing tonight? well because it had just left the station only a few minutes apparently and going through a metropolitan area the train is not going full speed. it s going probably this is just a guess. probably 25 to 35 miles an hour. i m sorry. could you repeat that? do you think this train was just going 25 to 35 miles an hour?
so obviously, they re still trying to get people out, but hopefully they re talking with them and they re able to, you know, respond. that s the hope at least. this is the information that we re getting, officially now, from amtrak. amtrak saying 238 people passengers on that train, five crew members. also they saying this evening that they sent out a press alert just a short time ago. they said this evening, amtrak northeast regional train 188 operating from washington to new york derailed north of philadelphia. there were approximately 238 passengers five crew members onboard. initial reports are that several passengers have been injured and taken to local medical facilities for treatment. local emergency responders are on the scene and an investigation is ongoing. northeast corridor service between new york and philadelphia suspended right now. suspended right now, 238 passengers five crew members on this train, and there are injuries taken to several area
and to understand we have a picture from the red cross philly after they were called in and so this is them getting ready to respond people are taking care of and people who are injured, they re trying to get treatment and we re back looking at sky fox live. this is a one of the train cars on its side i don t see overhead lights on. there are 238 passengers on this particular train, and five crew members on its way from washington, d.c. to new york city. we re waiting to hear from the mayor and police that are trying