Over 100 injured and several feared dead after train crashes into New Jersey's Hoboken station

A train crashed into a train station near New York this afternoon leaving at least three people dead and reports of over 100 people injured. See photos after the cut

The NJ Transit train crashed into the train station in Hoboken, New Jersey during the morning rush hour.

Dramatic pictures posted by commuters showed a train carriage that appeared to have smashed right through the station concourse, collapsing a section of the roof, scattering debris and wreckage and causing devastation.

Hoboken lies on the west bank of the Hudson River across from New York City. Its station, one of the busiest in the metropolitan area, is used by many commuters traveling into Manhattan from New Jersey and further afield.

 

A police chief told NBC New York there are “mass casualties”.

Linda Albelli, 62, said she was sitting in her seat in one of the rear cars when the train approached the station.

"I noticed, 'he's not slowing up, we're going too fast,' and with that there was this tremendous crash," she said.

Injured passengers sat on benches in the train station while they waited for first responders, Albelli said. She did not know how many had been injured.

"There was just so much, a lot of people in need of attention," she said.

Over 100 injured and several feared dead after train crashes into New Jersey's Hoboken station