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Seven killed more than 200 injured. fox team coverage starts with our griff jenkins. imrif? greta it was a scene of destruction. horrorring chaos when as you mentioned a train its northeast regional 188 traveling here in north philadelphia and 100 miles per hour in a 50 mile-per-hour zone. it happened just behind these department row houses is the tracks and there is a sharp curve as the train came around around 9:30. it went catapulting sending all six cars of the train off the tracks, causing a horrible scene killing seven, injuring more than 200. you see this amtrak vehicle in this alleyway, greta that is where the more than 200 injured and passengers came. it was a scene immediately the witnesses here told me that police first responders ambulances were quickly on the scene. we have video that was shot by one of the witnesses jose gonzalez. you may be seeing it here. you can see them tending to one another. one of the other ....
Carrying short stretches of new train tracks toward where the site lies after it derailed. greta, several new train tracks are not going to solve all of the old problems that we are now seeing play out. presented by amtrak s old infrastructure. back to you poorlt, thank you. can you imagine what it would be like to be expecting routine ride and then suddenly the horror. those who survived are talking about this terrifying ordeal. i heard like a big bang. it was a big bang. pushed me on to the side of the train. it hit my chest. i think i have a few fractured ribs. we have been seeing this a lot. those paramedics at work. those ambulances going in and out of here. loading folks up. i was standing there. i was seeing a lot of people. a lot of passengers coming out really badly hurt. i was in the wash room ....
I figured they had to be worse. i have to tell you anybody who walked out of that train i thought was a miracle. i thought it was a miracle. everybody was alive, you know. the way the wreckage happened and we got out there. they finally walked us. and as we are out out there they are saying don t step on anything metal. dangling wires. live wires hanging from the electrical pole and they are saying don t touch anything metal it could be and you were right by live wires. it was just chaos and they said go this way and then they would say go this way. nobody is prepared for a train derailment. and they finally walked us through this field into this really poor neighborhood. and the people were so wonderful. these people, you know, went to their homes and brought out cases of water and i m like can i give you money for the water and they are like no, no, no. they are like we will drive you, we will help you. come into our house. you can use the bathrooms whatever you guys need. and it was ....
30-degree angle and everything was fine, phones, tablets, purses, clothes. and couple women got thrown up above me directly above me into the luggage rack. and then finally, you know, you are kind of bracing yourself but probably way too late. and finally the train did come to a stop and everyone is screaming and you smell the burning rubber and you know you heard the metal crunching and things like that. and people, everybody got up and said everybody all right? daniel said jeremy and i said daniel. we started asking and i was kind of stuck behind underneath my seat. seats had turned. i was able to get out but i was kind of stuck. a guy who got up at this stage of the game fell over on me. two women down and just ....