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Philadelphia five people five People Killed. Officials say another 53 hospitalized. There are six people six of those passengers right now in Critical Condition. Amtrak northeast regional number 188 from washington, d. C. To new york crashed around 9 30 last night, derailed around 9 30 last night, carrying 238 passengers and 5 crew. Seven cars and the trains engine overturned crushed and torn apart by the force. The pictures really really spell out the devastation there. Now, the cause not yet known. This is how the citys mayor and fire chief described the scene. We do not know what happened here. We do not know why this happened. There is no information about that. Were not going to speculate about it. Ive never seen anything so devastating devastating. Theyre clearly in bad shape. You can see they completely completely derailed from the truck. Theyve been destroyed. The aluminum shell has been destroyed and theyre overturned completely. Again, i dont want to speculate on the cars but it is a devastating scene. What should have been a routine journey from washington, d. C. To new york city, our rene marsh is there. Reporter all right. Well i can tell you all survivors have been removed. And at this hour this is officially a recovery operation. As you take a look behind me you can see its still very much an active scene, keeping in mind this all happened last night at around 9 30. But you still see lots of fire trucks in the distance. We do know that the crime scene unit, they are there. They are photographing the scene. And we know that the medical Examiners Office it just left a short time ago. So still a very active scene. Now, we did hear from the mayor around 1 00 this morning. At this hour the tally is at least five dead. But in the mayors own words, he says at this point, they cant say that everyone has been accounted for. Just a recap, this is amtraks northeast regional train 188. It left washington, d. C. It was bound for new york city. And when it got into this area here in philadelphia, this is the Port Richmond neighborhood as that train was taking the curve, that is when passengers say things went so terribly wrong. As far as the investigation goes we dont know the cause. We do not know what caused all of this. We know that the ntsb will be here on the site tomorrow. And members from the federal railroad association, theyre onsite as we mentioned, investigators as well. When ntsb gets there theyre going to want to look for specific things. Theyre going to want to get ahold of the tracks. Theyre also going to want to get ahold of the trains recorders. That will tell them how fast this train was going, were brakes applied. That is critical information to help them figure out was there something wrong with the train. We dont flow what the condition is at this hour but that will be a critical interview as well. We also know that the fbi, they were sent here to the scene, at this point, theres no indication that theres any inkling this was caused by terrorism. But many investigations ongoing, to really try to get to the bottom of what went wrong in this deadly train crash. Back to you, guys. Rene marsh, thanks for that. Well up. Date you as we get information on what went wrong there. You know, northeast corridor is the busiest stretch of rail in north america. 11. 5 Million People ride between washington, d. C. And boston every year. Incredible. Thousands of passengers per day. You can imagine how terrifying it was for them. I want you to listen to one man, and his description of the moment that the train derailed. The train starts doing funny things. And then it just gradually gets worse and worse. And just like chaos erupts. Things start flying. Stones laptops, and then people. Seats, trays start flying. You hear bumping and you hear like metal mangling. But it happened so quickly. You didnt even know what was going on. And the next thing i know i look up and theres two people in the luggage rack above my head. Two women got catapulted into the i didnt even see it happen. I didnt even know. And the train was like at a 30 degree angle down where i was. And i was trying to like hold on to the window underneath a tray and the seat was turned. I mean bags shoes everything just thrown just complete chaos. We also spoke to a man sitting in the back of the train, he told us in a matter of seconds, the smooth ride abruptly ended and felt as though the train hit something. Almost about six rows from the back of the train, just doing everything we do. And then the impact. Just by the time you come to the senses of whats up id been thrown on to the floor in the aisle. And just chaos, spinning around the chairs are built to change direction, to go from one end to the other. So theyve all come loose. Chairs are flying around people are flying around bags. Pretty chaotic. Officials say there is no information yet on the cause of this crash. You can see i think i was just told these are live pictures right now of that scene. You can just see the scale and the devastation there. The twisted metal. Those cars just turned and bent. An ntsb go team is due on the scene this morning. A former Transportation Department Inspector General mary schiavo said investigators will certainly look into how fast that train was going. The location of the cars and the fact that one is off there, certainly, we dont know the cars but given that they ended up in that situation, where its very very mangled, you know thats not a slow derailment. You know its hard to you know estimate that kind of speed, and it was headed into the curve. Thats an awful lot of damage if it was a slow moving train and simply derailed off the track going around a curve. So the ntsb as soon as they arrive and theyre there, they will have clues almost immediately. Theyve just done this so many times. But the situation, the scene that youre showing right now on the scene, the one car is very mangled, perpendicular to the others thats a little more than just derailment going around the curve. With daylight you can see its a pretty active scene there right now. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf visiting the scene overnight, expressing this grief for the tragedy and support for efforts. It just seems horrible. I mean the human tragedy, the devastation, i cant imagine. We stand ready to help in whatever way we can. Were in support of what the city and amtrak are doing. Amtrak responded saying quote, were deeply saddened by the loss of life of amtrak northwest regional train 188 that derailed north of philadelphia tuesday evening. We ask the news media to be respectful of our customers, our employees and their families. Amtrak it asking relatives to call the incident hot line. Today there will be no Amtrak Service, folks, between new york and philly. Double other routes will now have modified service. So please, please check, because commuting and travel in the northeast on the amtrak line on the amtrak hub, will be disrupted. Inconvenience is not the main story. Absolutely. Tragedy, loss of life. At least five people dead. Six people in Critical Condition. 50 more people injured. As you say this is the busiest stretch of rail in north america. More than 2,000 railcars ride on this piece of track every single day. And today, there will be none. Well continue to follow the breaking news out of philadelphia. Again, at least five People Killed in this Train Derailment. Pictures are stunning. Youll hear from passengers who describe the chaos next. All right. The breaking news this morning, a deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. Youre looking at live pictures right now of the scene on the ground there. That folks, that piece of twisted metal, is a railcar right now. So much damage. At least five people were killed. At least 53 others have been transported to local hospitals. Officials tells that you six of those injured right now are in Critical Condition. The citys fire commissioner is stunned by the devastation at the scene. I want you to listen to him describe the rescue effort. We used our tools to get to the people who could not selfevacuate. There were several people trapped. Again, train cars are overturned. Theyre in horrible shape. Theres a bunch of debris down there. Its a dangerous situation for responder, even more dangerous for the riders down there but we were able to get them out. A routine trip from washington, d. C. To new york what should have been a routine trip he was able to walk away from the derailment. He said he cant believe it happened. Im still like the concept feels like a dream, how how could this have happened . You always read about thing, a plane crashes, a train derail you never actually think its going to happen to you. Think about it a lot of people get on a train, they take their big clunky shoes off. These people just jarred from calm into chaos. Hearing so many passengers on that train that did survive. Listen to janna d ambrisi describe it. She says she believes the train went into a turn quickly. I was sitting in the second to last car on the right side of the train in the aisle seat with my books, everything was normal. Suddenly it felt like we were going a little too fast around the curve, is what it felt like then there was a jolt. Immediately, you could tell that the train derailed. People were panicked initially, thrown into a girl sitting next to me. To the right. People on the other side of the train started to fall on us. But some people must have fallen above me because somebody calf hit me in the side of the head. So she must have landed in the luggage rack above me. I just held on to her leg, and the girl next to me sort of bowed my head. And i was just kind of praying please make it stop, please make it stop. If felt like we were gliding along for a little while there. I dont know if it only felt that way or maybe only a few seconds i was just praying the train didnt tip any more. I was just thinking we were going to fall all the way on our side. We did eventually stop. And everyone was screaming. I stood up i realized i wasnt hurt. Thank god. Immediately, i was asking everybody around me are you okay are you okay . Now a team of ntsb investigators will be on the scene in philadelphia at first light, trying to determine exactly what caused this amtrak train to go off the rails. One expert telling cnn speed is likely a factor. As soon as the ntsb downloads those trains black boxes they can have the controls on the train. They even have where, this is not significant to impact for them but they even have when the train moved. Theres certain federal Rail Administration regulations about where you do that and the speeds. And that black box is very much like an airplane black box. And that will have all the information. Literally, by the time they get it off the train and downloaded to d. C. By the afternoon, the ntsb will know. But the mangling of that car looks like a fairly high speed derailment. The United States doesnt exactly have a ton of high speed rail. But, you know, the northeast corridor is one area where trains can exceed speeds of 100 miles an hour. Is this not an acela, one of the high speed trains but it can go fast. Theyve complained in recent years that the infrastructure in the Northeast Corner needs renovation. Talking about where you can go fast theres an infrastructure thats used or they need upgraded. Youre looking at live pictures from the scene 30th station in philadelphia where this train derail a remarkable vision right now. Seven cars on this train. Train number 188 completely derailed. As you can see, at least one is ripped in half others overturned. So badly damaged. Emergency crews with flash lights. Theyve been on the scene all night. A little over 300 police and firefighters arrived in minutes. Listen to this red cross official explaining. I have to say, you know as i resident of the philadelphia area im so proud of the way our city responded. Theres First Responders everywhere just doing an amazing job out there the night. Its such a tragic situation, its such a powerful thing seeing everybody come together. Again, thats a philadelphia Train Derailment. Five dead, at least 60 people injured. Dozens in the hospital. Well continue to follow the developments. Plus dozens dead. A u. S. Military helicopter is missing after a devastating earthquake in nepal. Well have the latest on that next. Told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. With only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. Stelara® helps me be in season. Stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and increase your risk of infections. 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What is clear, and you can see some of the aftermath here what is clear, is that there was just complete chaos. We have train cars that are completely overturned on their side ripped apart. It is a devastating scene down there. We walked the entire length of the train area and the engine completely separated from the rest of the train. And one of the cars is perpendicular to the rest of the cars. Its unbelievable. Officials also on ground saying theyre not ready to say everyone is accounted for. Passengers managed to walk away from the scene, also describing it as just a frantic scene. I helped might mom get off, that was my first priority. Luckily, im still here im still walking. I got really lucky. And so i figured i would do my best to help because i could see everyone i could see the blood on peoples faces, they cant move their knees were out. I just tried to do my best to help people get out of the car, because it was smoking. Yeah go ahead. Sorry, such a busy rail line tense of thousands of people ride this every day. So there were a lot of questions, friends and family of people who ride this train. The hotline number is 18005239101. Of course well keep you updated on this breaking developing story all morning long. Right now, i want to give you an update on some of the headlines. At least 83 people are dead following the 7. 2 magnitude quake in nepal. 17 dead are in china. The vast majority could be in nepal. Where a u. S. Military helicopter also missing while supporting the relief efforts there. Right now, a spokesman said the helicopter radioed that they were having some kind of fuel problem before they lost contact. Search and rescue efforts are under way right now. Breaking news out of pakistan this morning, police are saying six gunmen on motorcycles opened fire in karachi killing 42 people. The bus was carrying men, women and children from the shiites. And the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. And from north korea, word that kim jongun had his defense chief publicly executed following an apparent show or alleged show of disloyalty. A