New Jersey Transit said in a post on Twitter that rail service in and out of Hoboken was suspended due to a train accident. Three people were killed and more than 100 people were injured, some of them critically, when a New Jersey Transit train derailed and crashed through the station in Hoboken, New Jersey during the morning rush hour on Thursday, US media and a transit official said. There were well over 100 people with injuries, many of them with critical injuries, New Jersey Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson told reporters. New Jersey Transit said in a post on Twitter that rail service in and out of Hoboken was suspended due to a train accident. The worst passenger train crash in recent years in the United States was the crash of an Amtrak train in Philadelphia in May, 2015 that killed eight passengers and injured 186.

Source: dna September 29, 2016 15:00 UTC