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Breaking news. breaking news this morning, a deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. at least five people killed, more than 100 injured. investigators on the scene trying to figure out what went so wrong. we ll have live coverage of our big story begins right now. good morning, welcome to early start. i m christine romans. and i m john berman it s wednesday, may 13th. we welcome in viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news a train derailment. five people killed. local hospitals say they have treated at least 136 passengers including at least six in critical condition right now. amtrak northeast regional number 188 from washington to new york crashed around 9:30 last night. it was carrying 238 passengers and five crew. look this is the busiest section of rail in north america. seven cars and the train s ....
And down the track, particularly where there is a curve in the track and then right beyond that curve you can see the last car that is on its side derailed. we also understand that one of those cars is split in half almost. a really awful scene and we now know according to the mayor, five people have died in this accident. there were 238 people on board including crew members. about 50 people hurt in total. many people did walk away from the crash. i want to give you an idea of what the scene looks like from our vantage point. we are standing next to the tracks where normally this train would be commuting from washington d.c. to new york. this particular train was headed to new york city when it derailed. it crashed in what is known as the port richmond neighborhood. there is a lot of vehicles that are all stacked up. there is a helicopter above that ....
188, its 238 passengers and five crew members on board pulling away just minutes before the normal routine ride took a deadly turn. once the lead car hit the curve at the frankford junction, something went terribly wrong. glass and luggage spilled onto the dirt. passengers recorded video from their cell phone cameras from inside the train as they rushed to escape the wreckage. several people say the sudden event knocked them unconscious and they woke up against the glass. their train car flung upon its side. rene marsh is in philadelphia. we heard from philadelphia mayor michael nutter saying we still do not know what happened here. we also heard him say police have interviewed the engineer. sources are telling you that investigators believe the train was traveling way, way too fast the ntsb making that announcement just minutes ago. what led them to that conclusion? ....
Happened and being tossed and turned at this point. so he was one of the injured. many of them being taken and looked at at this point. that s the very latest right now at the intersection of frankford, nbc 10 news. as you ve been updating us denise amtrak is telling us approximately 238 passengers were aboard this train. it was train 188 with service from washington, d.c. headed to new york city. the crew of five also onboard that train and service between new york and philadelphia, once again, amtrak saying it is cancelled for the night. we have seen some video from inside that train and we do want to show some of that to you. it was shot by an nbc producer on the train. watch and listen while people escape from that derailed train. ....
Hopefully going to get a briefing from relatively soon. no official word as to this response to this derailment in northeast philadelphia tonight. we re awaiting a briefing either from fire chief, police chief, other first responders potentially philadelphia mayor michael nutter who you see there, african-american gentleman with the goatee and the glasses. we haven t had official word from local officials yet, but we think we will. we do have an official statement from amtrak it s not particularly detailed. amtrak is clarifying that this was train 188, it was operating from washington to new york it derailed north of philadelphia. in terms of the number of people onboard, amtrak says approximately 238 passengers and five crew members onboard. they confirm that passengers have been taken to local hospitals. we re keeping an eye on three or four local hospitals that have received passengers or that have been prepared to receive ....