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So they kind run between that. >> are they life-threatening? >> i don't have that information but i'll get that information. >> can you go over what happened so i have the details? what happened this morning? >> yes. so there was a train collision and derailment near charleston highway and pine ridge drive between a freight train and a passenger train. when we arrived on scene, we began assisting passengers off of that train. at this time, no passengers on the train and very important to put that out. there were about 70 passengers that were transported to local area hospitals for various inju...

According to the south carolina emergency management, at least two people are dead. more than 50 injured at hospitals after an amtrak train with more than 150 people on board has crashed into a csx freight train. this was in south carolina. cayce, south carolina, specifically. >> we want to show you one of the pictures that we are just getting in, one of the only pictures at this point. you can see there one of those passenger cars that has derailed we are told several passenger cars, in fact, are off the tracks. three area hospitals are treating those victims and we did just get word from the...

People who were on board. as it relates to that freight train, do we know if there is any hazard concern around that area? >> there is no hazard concern at this point. that is also one of the things that the crews with lexington county emergency services is trying to determine. it appears that everything in that regard is okay. i want to stress, again. no sort of hazard as a result of this train in terms of any sort of chemicals. there has been a diesel leak and our state health agency is responding. >> what can you tell us then about how you move forward? you were talking about the three hosp...

Do you know how many passenger cars derailed. >> cars, not at this point. >> the priority here is for those who were injured and the people on board. as it relates to that freight train, do we know if there is any hazard concern around -- >> is there no hazard concern at this point. that is also one of the things that the crews with lexington county emergency services is trying to determine. it appears that everything in that regard is okay. i want to stress, again. no sort of hazard as a result of this train in terms of any sort of chemicals. there was a -- leak and our state health agency is...

>> i'm sure every year, you guys must think 2005 any time you hear of a train wreck that comes to mind. can you talk about the amount of training that goes into this? >> absolutely. this is not our train derailment. you mentioned the incident in 2005. this is nothing like that. unfortunately, we have many more people who were affected directly by this incident. it's unfortunate that we have two fatalities. our hearts are with those families right now. we want to make sure right now the focus is on the passengers on that train, that they have someplace warm, that any unmet needs that they may h...