An Amtrak train has crashed in Philadelphia
AP Photo/Paul Cheung
An Amtrak train traveling from Washington DC to New York has crashed in Philadelphia, according to published reports. The crash Tuesday night left several people 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 around the crash site, in Port Richmond, a working-class area, told people to get back, away from the train.
AP Photo/Paul Cheung
Former Congressman Patrick Murphy was on the train and said he helped people. He tweeted photos of firefighters helping people in the wreckage.
"Pray for those injured," he said.
The cause of the crash was unknown. Amtrak didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
AP Photo/Paul Cheung
Another Amtrak train crashed on 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.
Here's a look at how the crash is playing out on social media:
BREAKING: @PhillyFireDept says 8-10 cars derailed in Amtrak crash. Multiple injuries. MORE: http://t.co/1hyHuX5IFf pic.twitter.com/uxMmxeIjbF
- NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) May 13, 2015
#LiveChannel: AERIALS over an Amtrak accident in Philadelphia, PA (@CBSPhilly) pic.twitter.com/4QOj5hlRzb
- CBS Newspath (@cbsnewspath) May 13, 2015
Aerial pictures show terrible Amtrak crash site in Philly pic.twitter.com/Eu9CW01niC
- Jon Passantino (@passantino) May 13, 2015
#UPDATE: At least 50 people hurt after an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia Tuesday night http://t.co/4xVzGTqMM0 pic.twitter.com/okU28zPKaT
- NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) May 13, 2015
Injuries reported after an #Amtrak train crashed in #Philadelphia. http://t.co/AJl9LdKpaq pic.twitter.com/FcMOXTLn5j
- CBS 21 News (@CBS21NEWS) May 13, 2015
Prayers for the passengers RT @VellastrationsMedics tending to people on stretchers. pic.twitter.com/tSD4hUzeTU #Amtrak
- Raza Rumi (@Razarumi) May 13, 2015
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