Hoboken, NJ – PATH Train Crashes Into Platform, Dozens Hurt

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    Photo by a VIN Reader who is on sceneHoboken, NJ – A PATH train has crashed into a platform at Erie-Lackawanna Park & Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken with at least 30 people with minor injuries, EMS has set up a command post.

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    It happened around 9 a.m. Sunday morning. Train services in and out of Hoboken has been suspended.

    Emergency services said a mass casualty incident has been declared, and a triage center has been set up at the scene.

    A spokesman says a train pulling into the Hoboken, N.J., station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries.

    Spokesman John Kelly with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the crash happened around 9 a.m. Sunday. He says all the injuries were minor.

    The crash is under investigation.

    Hoboken is a suburb of New York City.

    Emergency personnel gather near the entrance to the PATH station in Hoboken, Sunday, May 8, 2011. A spokesman says a train pulling into the station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    Emergency personnel gather near the entrance to the PATH station in Hoboken, Sunday, May 8, 2011. A spokesman says a train pulling into the station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    Emergency personnel gather near the entrance to the PATH station in Hoboken, Sunday, May 8, 2011. A spokesman says a train pulling into the Hoboken, N.J., station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

    An unidentified man, who was injured during a PATH train crash at the Hoboken Terminal, is seen on a stretcher as medical officials prepared to take him to the hospital, Sunday, May 8, 2011, in Hoboken, N.J. A spokesman says a train pulling into the station struck an abutment, causing minor injuries. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)


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    heisaneis
    heisaneis
    12 years ago

    UC Hatzolah is there with a bus

    admin
    Admin
    Member
    12 years ago

    Any indication of terrorist act?

    DRE53
    DRE53
    12 years ago

    This is exactly what was said to be discovered on the computers taken from OBL,s house. We were told that Al Quida would derai trains on the tenth aniversery, but I guess, onve the news was out they went ahead and just did it.
    Just my speculation

    Mark Levin
    Mark Levin
    12 years ago

    Looks like he just didn’t stop & he hit the end of the line – literally.

    Anyone from NJ who uses Hoboken Station should probably seek alternate routes on Monday including NJT transfering at Secaucus for a train to NY Penn Station.

    G-Bro
    G-Bro
    12 years ago

    free the bochrim from Japan….don’t you see how this is connected? There are trains near the prison in Japan. This is Middah Kinneged Middah