pass along and i want to reiterate that you say out of the at least 70 injured, all or most were nonlife threatening injuries? that s correct. and that was new information that we got from lexington county. obviously numbers like that, total numbers can change when you have a very active and ongoing incident like this. report are anything from cuts and scrapes, we do have some reports of a couple of broken bones. but, at this point, nonlife threatening injuries. todd: mr. becker, we are being told by our producers who are getting this information, of course, through their various source thafers some of the cars are so badly damaged that police are having difficulty getting to people inside those cars. is that accurate? that s one of the things that we re trying to determine at this point. like i said before, it s still a very active and ongoing scene. we are attempting to ascertain and make sure we have gotten everybody off the train. it s possible that there could be additional in
this is fox & friends. we have had breaking news all sunday morning. todd: out of south carolina, two people dead. 70 more injured after amtrak train collision and derailment in south carolina. the amtrak train heading from new york to miami derailing in cayse outside of columbia, south carolina. 139 passengers. 8 crew members on board. police end ago news conference moments ago. take a listen. 70 injuries in variety anything from small crashes and bumps to more severe broken bones. ed: you can see from this picture some of the train cars knocked off the tracks. all passengers are now off the train, we re told. some heading to a nearby middle school for shelter. rachel: the nbc are on scene and we ll bring you the latest details as we get them. he haded what he really shock me more than anything, obviously two people dying, horrific. rachel: yeah.
and we have just gotten fresh video out of cayse, south carolina. you are obviously seeing still photos now. we are turning that video, you will see in a moment. first look at what is happening on the scene. here s what we can tell you about what we know about what federal officials are trying to do to get to that scene. here s the new video. you can see it right now. it s obviously dark. on the east coast here, looking out the window here at new york city it s still pretty dark as well. this is the winter time, obviously. very cold here. we have seen it s maybe in the 40 s or 50 s. not as bad in south carolina as people try to get to shelter at what we re told is the pine ridge middle school in the cayse, south carolina area. that video shot a little bit from the distance. emergency personnel trying to get to the scene. and the nbc ntsb. the national transportation safety board who tries to get to incidents like this rachel you know that very well having just been through a horrible
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
i wasn t here at the very beginning, just so i have some details what happened this morning? yeah. so there was a train collision and derailment near charleston highway and pine ridge drive between a freight train and a passenger train. when we arrived on scene, we began assisting passengers off of that train. at this time there are no passengers on the train. it s very important to put that out. there were about 70 passengers that were transported to local area hospitals for various injuries. there were two fatalities according to the lexington county coroner s office. that has been confirmed. and right now we are also asking people that if they have any concerns or want more information to call amtrak info line. that number is 1-800-523-9101. again that s the amtrak info line.