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Minutes ago with derrec becker with south carolina emergency management. the update since that conversation is that we have learned from the sheriff there that all passengers have been removed from that train. one of the passengers is on the phone with us now. derek pettaway. how are you? are you injured at all? >> no, i'm fine. i was discharged from the hospital about 30 minutes ago just with minor whiplash but i'm fine. >> with minor whiplash. all right. we are glad that you're okay, derek. can you kind of walk us through what happened? where were you on the train? >> we were closer to the r...

Amtrak train 91 ompting between new york and miami came in contact with the csx freight train around 2:35 a.m. eastern time in kayce, south carolina. the lead engine derailed as well as some passenger cars and eight crew members and 139 passengers approximately with injuries reported. people who have questions about the passengers on the train can contact and this is the number that christi just read for you. 1-800-523-9101. and legal authorities are on the scene responding and more information will be provided as available. the bottom of your screen from an official. three people killed in th...

Train, along with several passenger cars. we know there are three area hospitals who are treating victims there. a shelter has been set up at a middle school, but cayce is near columbia, south carolina. and this train was running between new york and miami. it's a relatively rural area that it crashed in here but, believe it or not crashed just a mile from state emergency management headquarters which actually helped them get there in very quick amount of time. >> yeah. >> and they were able to really get to those passengers. >> we are just minutes away from a scheduled news conference there a...

Some point get our way. >> thank you. >> thank you. do take good care of yourself. derek pett away there is one of the passengers on the train and talk about the crew being calm and everything being very orderly after he was taken off that train five or ten minutes after the jolt he had been sleeping. as many people were, he says. but he just could not get a good look since he was towards the back of the train at the impact of this crash at the front of the train and how many passenger cars did, in fact, derail. if you're just joining us, quick update for you. two people have died. more than 5...

Someplace warm and have any unmet needs met while they are there. one of the things that we are trying to determine right now is a better idea of any type of information for them in terms of family members and that sort of thing. >> do we know that everyone has been removed from that train? is there a search that is happening right now? >> we don't know that at this point. that is one of the things we are doing because this has happened so soon. we are in the process of transporting people to the shelter at this point. >> can you give us a sense, derrec, if this happened at 2:35 in the morning...