Well over 100 people were hurt, many of them critically, Jennifer Nelson, a spokeswoman for train operator New Jersey Transit, told reporters at the scene. ABC News said on its website that New Jersey Transit was reporting many passengers were trapped. Linda Albelli, 62, said she was sitting in her seat in one of the rear cars when the train approached the station. In May 2011, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey train crashed at the same Hoboken station, injuring more than 30 people when it ploughed into a bumping post at the end of the track. The worst passenger train crash in recent years in the United States was the crash of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia in May, 2015 that killed eight passengers and injured 186.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 29, 2016 15:22 UTC