AP Photo/Mel Evans
An Amtrak train passes through Elizabeth train station Saturday, March 12, 2016, in Elizabeth, N.J., along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Initial reports of casualties were fluid, with ABC reporting that "about 30" were injured.
Amtrak train 89, en route from New York to Savannah, Georgia, was carrying roughly 341 passengers and 7 crew, according to a statement from Amtrak.
Northeast Corridor service between New York and Philadelphia has been suspended for the time being as a result of the crash. The Southeastern Pennsylvania
Photos posted to social media from a man claiming to have been on the train appear to show the aftermath of the crash:
@KGoreCBS Was in the second car. Window across from me blew up and there was a small fire. Most of the damage were in the first car.
- Ari Ne'eman (@aneeman) April 3, 2016The same scene was visible in a photo from another man who appears to have been on the train.
@Amtrak Palmetto #89 crash this morning. According to train crew there was one crew fatality.I saw fire from 2nd car pic.twitter.com/j79XPghRsg
- Glenn R Hills Jr (@GlennHills) April 3, 2016Police on @Amtrak tracks, investigating -they say train hit backhoe -injuries reported @FOX29philly trainer, Delco pic.twitter.com/luPKequWpw
- jennifer joyce (@JenniJoyceTV) April 3, 2016