that s the number to call to find out more. this was amtrak train 91. you see the stats up there on your scene. two dead, about 70 injured there is a shelter for passengers open at the pine ridge middle school. again, the key point that we want to reiterate. all passengers are off the train at this point in time. those 70 injured have been taken to hospitals in and around the columbia, south carolina area. two hospitals in particular. but, again, if you think you have a loved one on that train, please call that amtrak number. ed: obviously super sunday. you have a super bowl today. this puts things into perspective and to focus very, very quickly. football game palg in comparison to people fighting for their lives. two people losing their lives. 70 injured. the initial report suggest that those 70 injured have relatively minor injuries, cuts and scrapes. but as rachel mentioned
on top of that, 70 injured. but when you hear the officials say at this news conference a couple moments ago that 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled out because this was a freight train with diesel fuel 8 crew members. 139 passengers. they say they have it secure and people in the local area are safe. this could have gotten a lot worse. rachel: that s what i call a miracle that nothing exploded that we have as few injuries as we have. although they are very tragic. i felt from the news conference very confident that these officials had things under control and so happy to hear that the red cross was working to milwaukee those involved in the crash comfortable at the middle school. todd: you literally just experienced a train crash this week. rachel: dierks of course. not on the scale of this which makes my heart go out even more to those who
know where cayse is in south carolina. individuals being brought to two hospitals. this is in and around the columbia, area for those not necessarily familiar with south carolina. and so hopefully, hospitals will be enough for the injured. rachel: and a shelter being set up. where did you say ed the shelter was at? ed: at the pine ridge middle school in south carolina in the casey arethekays area ca. traveling from new york city down to miami presumably in the winter. some getting some vacation time and all of a sudden this awful, horrible accident. it s looking like it s about 52 degrees but feels like 40
2:35 a.m. this morning. we believe that there was diesel in the csx train. at least that s what one of the police who called in earlier told us. lead engine derailed as some well as some passenger cars. 8 crew members. 139 passengers. two fatalities. 70 people in the hospital. or most are nonthreatening injuries. shelter for passengers is open at pine ridge middle school. if you believe that you have a family member who might have been on that amtrak train, amtrak has provided a phone number and that s 1-800-523-9101. ed: we re just hearing from the red cross, by the way that they have established sight. we had mentioned earlier they were headed there but they are now at that pine ridge middle school trying to help out. we have had this fresh video you can see from the lexington ledger. it doesn t show a lot because it s still dark here in the east as it is in, of course, all around the
because of the wind chill there. obviously still very early in the morning. and this happened in the middle of the night. 2:35 a.m. eastern time. people trying to save lives as we speak right now. as we mentioned at least 25 people at a local hospital there. but then others who are not injured, just trying to get to shelter. pine ridge middle school in the area of case, south carolina, is where people need to go. rachel: about 19 or 20 minutes, we will be getting a media briefing so we can get more details from the authorities. todd: trying to find some silver lining with all of this. while i may not have heard of cayse, south carolina, it is in the columbia, south carolina metro area which implies you have a major university there which at thitypically has major medical facility which has major hospitals associated with it these injured should be in good hands. i m not implying that those of us in the more rural parts of our country aren t. oftentimes if this happens in the middle of