The ground and wires hanging in the balance following this, Train Derailment this for get and looking at, for you can see seven cars, including an engine were involve here, in all, 243 people were on board, that amtrak train number 188 coming from washington d. C. , and heading to new york city, and 65 people were taking to area hospitals, six in Critical Condition, and we are or toy report that five people, have been confirmed dead. Now some folks being treated at those local hospitals suffering from everything from concussions, to severe lacerations, broken bones even being treated for shock here this morning. The as you can imagine it wasnt all hand on deck kind ovulate last night as local state and federal authorities converged on this scene. At one point were told there were 200 Police Officers here at the site. Mayor Michael Nutter of course arriving to survey damage there and says he could not believe how extensive it was. The trains, seven cars, including an engine are in vario
All of a sudden it started to shake and we were in the front seat and this huge red suitcase just came flying at me. Up credible stories of survival this morning amtrak train derails in the Port Richmond neighborhood killing five people dozens are injured, six critically. We have been covering this story all night long since it happened around 9 30 and of course, all morning too. Five people again confirmed dead, more than 100 of those 243 passengers and crew on board were taken to area hospitals. There will be no Amtrak Services between new york and philadelphia this morning. Federal investigators are expect on that scene within the next few hours so far the big get is we dont know what caused this crash. We are expecting an update from the city later this morning. So many questions to be answered. We have Live Team Coverage with reporters covering every angle at the crash and aftermath. We will check with justin finch at hand map hospital and jan carabao is monitoring impact on morni
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Derailed, at frankford and wheatsheaf lane, you are now looking at a live picture from chopper six. Several cars are off the tracks, one kara peers to be all but destroyed. The philadelphia fire commissioner derek sawyer has labeled this a mass casualty incident. We have some video from the ground victims of this accident, i wish we could see them now, we are reporting that there are and an unknown number of fatalities. We dont know how many. But we are reporting that there have been, people killed. As you can see, Triage Centers have been set up, near the scene, victims, grabbing some water when they can and it is a big, mess at and near the scene. Hospitals, in the city of been told to expect casualties. Now, former bucks county congressman pat trick murphy, is on the train. He has gone on twitter to release pictures from inside, one of the cars. He is okay. He is helping injured passengers but these are pictures from inside one of the cars at this early juncture, there is no word wh
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