todd: we continue with our fox news alert. a train collision in cayse, south carolina, between an amtrak train carrying 147 people and a csks freight train. those injured have been taken to at least two local hospitals in the columbia, south carolina area. specifically happened, a lead engine derailed as well as some passenger cars when that lead engine of the amtrak collided with a csx freight train. we are expecting a briefing from the authorities there in about 15 minutes. ed: we re getting brand new video. we are racking that as we speak. producers are working extra hard and have been doing a fabulous job of getting something that literally happened shortly before we went to air.
there in lexington county from where this train did derail. again, the number on your screen, if you think you may have loved ones that are involved. rachel: the rest of the passengers who are not injured, they are being taken to pine ridge middle school. remember, they are stranded. they have nowhere to go. it s dark. it s in the middle of the night. they were probably on the way to vacation. ed: they may not be from this local area. some people may be getting off near here and may have family that can drive there and go get them to safety to pick them up. others originating here from here in new york city or may have been returning home to miami there is a lot of stops, obviously, up and down the eastern seaboard. we are going to take a break in a few seconds here as we reset this because we want to get back real quickly to this news briefing. we just spoke with derek becker in south carolina emergency management. two dead. at least 70 injured. on the positive side at least of those
briefing in about 10 minutes. so, i need to run real quick so we have the most up to date information. ed: we appreciate it derek becker with south carolina emergency management. we understand he has more important things to do. getting information out is important but tending to those with injuries and getting to the bottom of the situation. we appreciate his time. we will try to reestablish with him. rachel: diesel, he mentioned diesel. that browft alarm to me. i know in the crash i was in this week the train crash i was in the amtrak train crash, that was a big concern. they could smell gas and they were worried about explosions. good to hear that they said they have what they. ed: hazmat team. you are right. we want to pass on positive news u.s. not just deaths and not exaggerate the situation more injuries than anticipated. we heard 25 sent to a hospital. then we heard at least 50 injured. now that number climbing to
ed: a truck, pardon me, a freight train fuel of diesel fuel as you say, rachel, this could have been far, far worse. already tragic with two killed and many injured but with diesel fuel in that freight train presumably traveling at high speed, this could have been a lot, lot worse. todd: in your experience on trains guys, do they slow them down at this late hour overnight or speed them up? rachel: that s one of the questions we are going to have how fast was this train going? todd: people sleeping. one of those things where the speed they just zip through? ed: i know we learned from the incident in 2015 which i remember very well because at the time this was happening between new york and washington. and it was amtrak train 188. and we have learned from this situation that incident
hours ago teams responding to the scene as quickly as possible. it s great information that as we know at this point everybody is out of the damaged train. so, some good news at this point in time. we had earlier reports that police were having difficulty getting to some cars because they sorp badly damaged. but the latest update like we just said, everybody is out of the train cars involved in this collision. ed: obviously they still could be searching. they say that in the initial reports. looking out the window here in new york city. it s still very dark. you can see the light there some of that siren. some emergency management lights being brought in to get people to shelter. get people to safety as quickly as they can. we always have to remember that initial reports can change as an investigation unfolds, so the numbers can go up. the numbers can go down in terms of numbers injured or killed. rachel: so good to look on the bright side. again, only 70 people hurt. all minor injurie