Amtrak train crashes in Philadelphia, wreckage ‘pretty bad’
An Amtrak train crashed Tuesday in Philadelphia. Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
A passenger is carried following an Amtrak train crash Tuesday near Philadelphia.
Passengers of an Amtrak train that crashed gather Tuesday near Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – An Amtrak train headed to New York City crashed in Philadelphia Tuesday night, and several people appeared to be injured.
Train 188, a Northeast Regional, had left Washington, D.C., earlier Tuesday. The front of the train was going into a turn when it shook.
An Associated Press employee, Paul Cheung, was on the train and said it appeared it went off the tracks. He said he was fortunate to be at the back of the train and the front of it “looks pretty bad.”
Police swarming the Port Richmond area where the crash occurred are telling people to get back.
Former Congressman Patrick Murphy was on the train and said he has been helping people. He tweeted photos of firefighters helping people in the wreckage.
Amtrak hasn’t returned a call seeking comment.
Another Amtrak train crashed Sunday. That train, bound for New Orleans, struck a flatbed truck at a railway crossing in Amite, killing the truck’s driver and injuring two people on the train.