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Onlookers view a New Jersey Transit train that derailed and crashed through the station in Hoboken, New Jersey
At least three people have been killed after a train crashed into a station in New Jersey, according to US media reports.
More than 100 people were believed to have been hurt when the train smashed into the Hoboken station during morning rush hour.
The crash collapsed a section of the roof and scattered debris across the platform.
First responders treat injured passengers after the train crash
“It just never stopped. It was going really fast and the terminal was basically the brake for the train,” Nancy Bido, a passenger on the train, told WNBC-TV in New York.
Another passenger, Bhagyesh Shah, said: “It was for a couple seconds, but it felt like an eternity.”
Witnesses reported seeing passengers bleeding and at least one woman trapped under concrete.
The train had left Spring Valley, New York, at 7.23am and crashed into Hoboken Terminal at 8.45am, according to the NJ Transit.
The scene of the crash in Hoboken. Pic: Eugene Suchkov
Images of the scene posted on Twitter showed what appeared to be debris from the roof and supporting pillars strewn across the platform with a carriage twisted sideways on to a platform.
Another image showed wreckage, cables and pipes dangling from the building’s ceiling, which appeared to have collapsed.
One tweeter posted a picture of a man clutching his head with blood down his arm and T-shirt.
Hoboken lies on the west bank of the Hudson River across from New York City.
Its station, one of the busiest in the metropolitan area, is used by many commuters travelling into Manhattan from New Jersey and further afield.
NJ Transit said on Twitter that rail services in the area had been suspended due to the accident.
Numerous emergency crews are on the scene, which has been sealed off.
Courtesy of Sky News
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