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From all around the world. and they just happened to be here and on that train when it went down. [ inaudible question ] there was a sixth victim who died here last night. i can t release the identity or the sex of the victim now because the next of kin doesn t know yet. are they from just the northeast part of the country or different areas of the country, doctor that you re aware of? i can t say. talk to us about the level 3 mass casualty and what standard operating procedure goes into effect in that first phone call and who does that come from? the level 4 mass casualty is called by the incident commander on the scene who makes the call. usually it s the emergency department or the trauma team. and then that triggers all the folks coming in from home who aren t already here. because it was nighttime the daytime folks had gone home. anyone that was leaving a shift we stopped and made sure we didn t need them. and they stayed and helped out. did it work as a well-oiled mac ....
I m chris cuomo. behind me is the scene of a horrific train crash in philadelphia. an amtrak train that was going from washington, d.c. to new york city derailed here outside philadelphia philadelphia. we do know six people have lost their lives, well over 100 were sent to the hospital. we were just at a press conference. one of the fortunate things is that this crash did happen in a big city like philadelphia where they do have a lot of great trauma centers. and he did say the death toll went up by one from five to six. it was a massive chest injury. the next of kin has not been identified yet. and that s a big factor here. the unknown. there are hundreds of first responders on the scene right now. many are still unaccounted for in wreckage that is almost impossible to describe. we ll be here in philadelphia. michaela and alisyn are back in new york. and cnn has complete coverage this morning. we re going to tell you right now here s what happened ....
we re breaking in at the top of the hour live at philadelphia at temple university hospital just confirmed the sixth person has died from this train derailment, this crash overnight. let s listen in. yeah there was a sixth victim who died here last night. i can t release the sex or the identity because the next of kin doesn t know yet. inaudible question ]. yeah. i can t state. talk about the level of mass casualty [ inaudible ] who does that come from? the level 4 mass casualty is called by the senior emergency department or trauma team. that triggers all the folks coming in from home who aren t already here. because it was nighttime the day ....
To bring you right now. these are officials at temple university hospital updating us on the injured that they are caring for there. let s listen. treated them. one of the patients who arrived here died from their injuries. we re not able to release any additional information about that patient at this time. 25 of those patients were treated and released. and 25 are still at the hospital. the entire team responded wonderfully. most of the injuries were muscular skeletal so arms and legs and ribs. and i m extremely proud of how all the folks at temple hospital did. i ll take a few questions. [ inaudible question ] it s an extra person. it is now six? yep i can t say. next of kin doesn t know yet. [ inaudible question ] yeah a lot of the folks were from out of town. so we have special arrangements with our patient engagement ....