A passenger train carrying 250 people plowed New Jersey's Hoboken station during morning rush hour Thursday, killing one person while injuring 108 others.
In a press briefing, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said the lone fatality was a woman who was standing at the platform when the incident happened.
A total of 74 persons of the 108 who suffered injuries were hospitalized, the governor pointed out.
Around 9 a.m., the train carrying 250 passengers smashed onto New Jersey's Hoboken station, a primary commuters' hub for Manhattan switch.
The NJ Transit train hit a major post that resulted to the collapse of the roof, burying several passenger coaches in wreckage.
The woman who died was hit by debris while the trapped passengers were safely rescued.
Initial investigation revealed that the train was moving "faster than usual" as it approached the station, prompting probers to say that the accident was caused by a human error.
The commuter train came from Spring Valley station in Rockland County and the Hoboken station was its final stopover.
WFAN anchor John Minko said train "went right through the barriers and into the reception area."
Gov. Christie said there's no indication that the crash was anything but a "tragic accident" as he described the train coming in "at a high rate of speed" while smashing through all barriers.
The train was not equipped with Positive Train Control (PTC) technology could have prevented it from getting off the rails, according to an NBC report.
As of this posting, the NJ Transit reminds:
We advise customers that are traveling from NY to NJ who are NOT going to the Waterfront area to travel from Penn Station New York.
— NJ TRANSIT (@NJTRANSIT) September 29, 2016
