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Local fire commissioner on the scene has reportedly called this a mass causality event. we have seen injuries and heard firsthand reports of injuries. we do not have detailed characterization of the injuries at this point. either in terms of the total number, again, we've got that estimate that there are more than 50 people injured. we don't have a more specific number than that nor a more official number than that nor do we have the estimate of the character of the injuries at this point, how serious those injuries may be. we've certainly seen people taken to hospitals and some other people w...

They are really focused on the derailed amtrak train and that's where all the lights are, that's where all the emergency crews are, and that's where everyone is looking at this point. >> and from what you can see lastly doesn't appear as though that train collided with anything. causing this derailment or possibly as it was taking the curve, lost control, of course preliminary, but to your vantage point nothing obvious sticks out? >> reporter: at this point, nothing obvious. again, you just see all the debris out here and you see some of the poles that are down you see some of the debris that ...

>> former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy tweeted out he was okay but he also spoke to msnbc and described what he encountered in the aftermath. he was in the cafe car and said at first the train wobbled, then it felt like it just went off the tracks and he said they kicked out a window and were helping fellow passengers get out of that train. he said one passenger next to him was passed out or unconscious, and he said some of the injuries were so serious that some passengers could not move. again, we've been watching these live pictures for, oh the past couple of hours now. we did see...

Transported. the at least five i have confirmed here based on our preliminary investigation who we know, unfortunately, are deceased. we are not going to try to speculate at the moment moment any comparison between who the -- the number that we believe were on the train. we have train cars 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. it's unbelievable. >> and again, mayor, how many ...

Enforcement authorities. >> when you say the human beings involved that would imply both something that you know wasn't accidental, but potentially operator error in terms of the way the train was being driven? >> sure there's always handling that they'll take a look at making sure it was complied with making sure the operator was alert and was aware of what was going on so that would be one of those people they are going to want to talk to depending on their medical condition. >> one question for you, and this is an admittedly ill-informed question but one of the things i have been able to no...