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Entities are going to be pursuing in the days ahead. but it's possibly a train may have jackknifed in such a fashion that the second and third cars were actually the ones that may have struck a heavy fixed obstruction such as the bridge support for the pedestrian bridge that passed over this location and also possibly parked train cars. we don't know that for sure at this point. >> robert halstead, robert francis, thank you both. investigators still looking for clues on exactly how this crash happened as a startling revelation the ntsb saying preliminary information indicates the train was g...

Derailment. the focus this morning, what we are not wrong. >> the only thing i can tell you is the one obvious thing or the one known fact. there is a curve. we have no idea what kind of speed we are talking about, what else happened out there. we are not going to speculate on them. >> what clues do crews need to look for. joining us to weigh in is railroad signal an accident reconstruction expert robert halstead. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good moaning. >> you have investigated over 300 railroad accidents in the last 17 years. from what you have heard so far we have had all of ...

some seen climbing out of windows they had to punch their way out with their fist or foot just to get to safety. we have seen some photos on twitter of passengers that had their leg mangled or bleeding. cuts to it. 188 had left washington tuesday with nearly 240 passengers on board. service on the line has been cancelled for now. it's midnight here on the east coast. passengers report the front of the train going into a turn when it began to shake. right now. you can see police and firefighters are swarming around that site you're looking at livido. they're looking for more possible ...

again i don't want to speculate on the cause but it is a devastating situation. >> amtrak has suspended service on the busy northeast corridor between philadelphia and noeshlg. this will be limited service between philippe and washington and new york and boston p. any one trying to get from philadelphia to new york on amtrak it is goesing to take a while. if you have loved ones who may have been on the train there's a hot line 1-800-523-9101. 1-800-523-9191. 1-800-523-9 -- 9101. a horrific scene as the train derailed more than 100 hurt and at least 5 dead. >> talked to several people...