Death Toll Rises to 6 in Philadelphia Train Crash
At least six people were killed and dozens more were injured when an Amtrak train carrying 243 people derailed here on Tuesday, shutting down some service in the Northeast region, the authorities said.
The train was headed to New York from Washington when it derailed around 9:30 p.m., officials said during a news conference late on Tuesday. Sixty-five people, including six who were in critical condition, were taken to hospitals, Philadelphia’s mayor, Michael A. Nutter, said.
“It is an absolute disastrous mess,” the mayor said. “I have never seen anything like this in my life.”
Emergency workers carrying flashlights and ladders moved frantically from car to car helping passengers off the train, some bloodied, others dazed.
The train had at least seven cars, including the engine, which separated from the rest, officials said. Six cars overturned. At least one looked as bent as a crumpled soda can, and parts of the damaged cars were so badly mangled that firefighters had to use hydraulic tools to rescue the people trapped inside.
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