Little touching for me i just got off that g. O. P. Retreat where there was a train crash. What strikes you on the train is there is no seat belts. Ed thankfully most people were safe including you and your family but one person did died in that crash as well. Rachel 50 people injured and two dead. Today. Todd these numbers. We have both been through this ed and obviously rachel was literally just in it when u. Get these numbers early usually a harbinger of not good things going forward. Ed they have been telling us at least 25 people brought to a hospital there this n. South carolina. Remind me a little bit of another major crash march 12th 20rbgs 15. Amtrak 18 traveling here in the northeast corridor between new york and washington, d. C. Remember, it was going twice the speed limit of 50 Miles Per Hour. Hit a curve around philly. 8 people were killed then. More than 200 injured. We havent seen a tras crash ths large since then. Two dead. 50 plus injured. When you get the numbers this early, suggests they are just going through the beginning phase of trying to figure out exactly rachel weed should herewe shoue at 6 30 in the press conference. Todd collided with a csx train you have seen them. Think are a major provider of Freight Services throughout our nation. Im not diminish mizeing. Not at all. A truck of some sort. This is another Freight Train, Freight Trains are big and obviously carry freight which means they have a lot of freight behind them colliding with an amtrak train and does beg the question. I know this is early at 6 02 on a sunday. Why . Happening . Train service has been around since the 1800s. You have think we would have figured it out by now. Rachel goes a little faster tfaster. Todd true. Rachel going from new york to miami and this happening in casey, South Carolina. Ed red cross. I was checking with the nbc National Safety board twitter page and they have not updated anything. Breaking as we speak. The last thing they tweeted about was the super bowl and getting somewhere safely to either get to the game or watch it at a friends house. This is something now that has obviously gotten them into an urgent situation. An emergency situation there are at least 25 people who have been transported to a hospital there in the area of columbia, South Carolina, called case. As you mentioned. In the area of columbia where people might know it as you are mentioning a Freight Train hitting a passenger train is just an awful, awful situation. Todd multiple hospitals being utilize utilize at this pt in that columbia, South Carolina area. Is that true major city in and around case, South Carolina. From what we know lead engine did derail as well as some passenger cars. You have to keep that in mind. That implies to me a head on collision. Rachel this happening at around 2 30 this morning. Todd we are just getting these details as you are as well. For those who have been to columbia, South Carolina. It is a major city there in South Carolina. It does have a university there. So presumably does have a very good hospital as well. Again, the injured are being taken to at least two local hospitals in that columbia, South Carolina area. Again, the train collision did happen in case, South Carolina. Ed let me just say i mentioned the ntsb main twitter page not updated. Second one i see news room. Public Relations Team now telling us they tweeted this at 5 45 a. M. Eastern time ntsb go team launching to investigate todays collision of an amtrak train and csx Freight Train near case, South Carolina it updates a lot of the information we have already had. It does show you they are sending a go team. The ntsb trying to get on top of this as quickly as possible. Rachel Media Briefing 6 25 p. M. About 20 minutes from now. There is a shelter open for passengers. Those werent injured but need a place. Todd 8 crew members on board. For those of you worried about loved ones, this is amtrak train 91. It was traveling from new york to miami. Presumably a lot of people are going to be affected by. This thats a pretty wide swath of the country. Thats the east coast. Ed told 139 passengers, 8 crew members. Got to remember the crew members as well. Had you mentioned, i think, todd at the beginning that the lead car had derailed. So whoever is in there is somebody obviously being attended to right now or multiple people. And there are obviously fears that these numbers are going to keep climbing. Rachel i know from the situation i was in this week that was the fear derailing. Derailing is when you have a lot more injuries. Todd i dont mean to keep going back to this experience. But, you know, when it happened to you this week, whats going through your mind at that point in time . Rachel the sound. There is such a powerful sound. And you can imagine as you mentioned we had a garbage truck. This is a Freight Train. I cant imagine the sound that they are hearing, that they heard, just the confusion. People running up and down the aisles to check and see who else might be injured, what happened. You know, this happened at 2 30 in the morning. You have to presume some people were probably sleeping. Todd unlike on your train where people are up. Rachel really jolted probably sleeping. Very scary situation here. Ed we just learned that a shelter has been put together at Pine Ridge Middle School. So if anybody is in the South Carolina area, trying to get a handle on this where victims or passengers may be going, Pine Ridge Middle School. We presume thats pretty close to where this crashed happened 2 30 a. M. Eastern time. Todd right before christmas horrible timing for a train crash is bad but particularly before christmas. There was that dupont, washington that killed three people. And we saw there, i believe ed mention i had, the train was going 80 Miles Per Hour when it derailed on a curve. Speed limit only 30 Miles Per Hour. It is way too early in this train crash to be presuming speed or what was a factor here. But what we do know is the lead car of this amtrak train collided with a csx freighter. As we have mentioned a few times here in the first seven minutes of our coverage. Those are two very heavily weighted traveling forces. And, you know, its almost fortunate and i dont want to, again, dominican mize what happened tdediminishdominid this week. Train on train consequences can be deadly for presumably at this point people on board. Rachel again, happening at 2 30 in the morning. That means its dark in the train. People are being jolted from their sleep, trying to find out whats going on. Makes it harder when its dark and cold outside. Ed now, we have got some numbers here and some details just to make sure to recap what we have been telling you. A statement coming in from amtrak. What they are saying is this amtrak train number 91. Operating between new york and miami as we noted. Came in contact with a csx Freight Train 2 35 a. M. Iron time case, South Carolina. The lead engine derailed according to amtrak as well as some passenger cars there were 8 crew members as we noted. Approximately 139 passengers. They say there were injuries reported and local authorities are on the scene responding. More information will be provided as available. That is an official statement just coming in to our news room. I was on the amtrak train between washington and new york on friday. I mention that only to say this is something we frequently do in the northnortheast corridor. It is very safe. This happens very rarely. And thats why it is a big, big deal. Obviously when there are dertsdeaths, there are injuries. There are trains crossing america every day on amtrak and most of them are very safe. We routinely get on them for work, for pleasure and Something Like this is just shocking. Rachel devastating. Todd what was that . Ed were getting more information. Todd being rail based freight. You see those cxs trains all over the country. They basically bring the products that that we utilize in america in addition to truckers and ship on the ocean, csx is a huge provider of freight. There is a map so you get a geographical sense so you 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. Its looking like its about 52 degrees but feels like 40 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. Im not implying that those of us in the more rural parts of our country arent. Oftentimes if this happens in the middle of nowhere it can take a long time to get the injured to a hospital. Fortunately if you can say that in this kind of a situation, there are local hospitals rather close by because columbia is a major city will in South Carolina. Rachel deputies on the scene right now trying to help those off the train, trying to help those get to the hospital, those that need it. So, yeah, very, very tragic. And you are right. When these kinds of accidents happen in a more rural area, time is of the essence. Ed hearing there might be multiple go teams. I mentioned one before. Sheriffs deputies in the area responding to the scene. Im noticing on social media a lot of people tweeting us that its pronounced kaysee. We have more fox friends right after this. Wil pssst. What . I switched to geico and got more. More savings on Car Insurance . Aha. And an awardwinning mobile app. That is more. Oh, theres more. Mobile id cards, emergency roadside service. 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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 were 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. 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. Heres what we can tell you about what we know about what federal officials are trying to do to get to that scene. Heres the new video. You can see it right now. Its obviously dark. On the east coast here, looking out the window here at new york city its still pretty dark as well. This is the winter time, obviously. Very cold here. We have seen its maybe in the 40s or 50s. Not as bad in South Carolina as people try to get to shelter at what were 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 incident a few days ago in virginia. The ntsb says they are launching a go team to investigate this collision of an amtrak train going from here in new york city down to miami, florida and colliding with a csx Freight Train near cayse, South Carolina. Rachel this accident happening around 2 30 in the morning. Sleeper cars. Very frightening situation. Trying to find safety and gather with loved ones to the middle school, the Pine Ridge Middle School. Those who werent taken to the hospital and those who needed shelter, thats where they are going. The Pine Ridge Middle School. And we know authorities, lots of authorities, can you see from that video seems to be a lot of help there trying to help those. Ed Sheriff Deputies and others trial to respond. First responders, easy to forget about this. In incidents around the country, not enough people thank our Law Enforcement, our First Responders who in the middle of the night getting quie ready for a quiet weekend, the super bowl in a few hours. You kant see much in that video, but, what can you see is clearly sirens with people responding. In fact, i believe right now on the telephone we have the chief of Public Information for South CarolinaEmergency Management derek becker. We appreciate you joining us right now. Can you please tell us, everybody in the fox news audience, what you know about the situation, sir. Yes, sir. Well, as you might expect, were still getting information still coming in. Can confirm at least two facilities, lexington county has confirmed two fatalities and at least 70 people transport to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries at this point. We have established a shelter i think that was mentioned before at one of the nearby middle schools for all the passengers who are on board the train. Now, if there is anybody who has they have loved ones on this train they can actually get information from amtrak directly by calling 18005239101. Of course the focus is on the safety of everybody that was on board that train. Everybody has what they need to stay warm. We are expecting them to be a little cold. Even cold for South Carolina. And so, right now, were making sure they have a warm place to stay at the shelter while we clear the scene. Todd 91 for families who might be concerned about families traveling from new york to miami. Correct . Right. Anybody with any questions involving the passengers on amtrak train 91 can call 18005239101. Todd do we know what the items were in the csx train . We believe at this point it was diesel. Todd when its a diesel situation, do you have hazmat on scene. Absolutely. Just to make sure everybody is safe. Hazmat crews. Everything is safe at this point. There is no danger to anyone in the nearby area of lexington county of cayse, of pine ridge it actually happened about a mile away from the South Carolina state Emergency Operation center. So, were functioning in sort of a suppor