At least five people were killed and dozens injured Tuesday night when an Amtrak train derailed in Philadelphia, with several cars flipping upside down or tipping onto their sides, officials said.
Fifty-three people were taken to hospitals, six of them in critical condition, a Philadelphia Fire Department spokesman told reporters.
The scene “is an absolute disastrous mess,” Mayor Michael Nutter said at a news conference. “It is a devastating scene down there.... The engine completely separated from the train” and one car was perpendicular to the rest, he said.
About 238 passengers and five crew members were on board Northeast Regional train 188, which had been heading from Washington to New York City when it derailed, according to Amtrak.
Most people got out of the train on their own, but rescuers are still searching for others, officials said.
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