Hundreds hurt in New Jersey commuter train crash

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Witnesses say train never slowed as it pulled into Hoboken station

A New York commuter train crashed into a New Jersey station during rush hour this morning, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others.

The train barreled through the backstop barricade at the Hoboken station at about 8:45 a.m. without even slowing down, witnesses said. The carriages came to a stop between the station’s indoor waiting area and the platform, causing a metal structure covering the area to collapse.

“It simply did not stop,” WFAN anchor John Minko, who witnessed the crash, told 1010 WINS. “It went right through the barriers and into the reception area.”

The Hoboken station sits across the Hudson River from Manhattan and serves as a transfer point for commuters on the New Jersey Transit system to board PATH trains headed into the city. According to witnesses, passengers crowded the train’s first two cars in anticipation of arriving at the station.

Hoboken is the fifth-busiest station in the New Jersey transit system, with 15,000 people passing through each weekday. Officials closed the station while rescue crews and investigators comb through the wreckage.

Leigh Jones

Leigh is features editor for WORLD. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate who spent six years as a newspaper reporter in Texas before joining WORLD News Group. Leigh also co-wrote Infinite Monster: Courage, Hope, and Resurrection in the Face of One of America's Largest Hurricanes. She resides with her husband and daughter in Houston, Texas.