How many people was injured in accident PATH Train crash near herald square?”
Commuters on a PATH train from New Jersey arriving at the 33rd Street Station near Herald Square received an unexpected jolt when the train overran its final stop and crashed into a barricade on Wednesday morning. Thirteen people reported minor injuries and seven, including two crew members, were taken to nearby hospitals, said Jennifer Friedberg, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the PATH train. The rest declined medical attention, she said. Ms. Friedberg said investigators had not yet determined what caused the accident or how fast the train, which was coming from Hoboken, was moving when it crashed. There were 425 to 450 passengers on the seven-car train, which has a capacity of about 900, when it crashed at around 8:15 a.m., said Ms. Friedberg. Between 60 and 80 fire personnel responded to the scene, said a fire department spokesman. The device that stopped the train -– called a bumping block -– is intended to halt trains that fail to s
Mario Tama/Getty Images Firefighters walked near the scene of a PATH commuter train accident near Herald Square on Wednesday. Commuters on a PATH train from New Jersey arriving at the 33rd Street Station near Herald Square received an unexpected jolt when the train overran its final stop and crashed into a barricade on Wednesday morning. Thirteen people reported minor injuries and seven, including two crew members, were taken to nearby hospitals, said Jennifer Friedberg, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the PATH train. The rest declined medical attention, she said. Ms. Friedberg said investigators had not yet determined what caused the accident or how fast the train, which was coming from Hoboken, was moving when it crashed. There were 425 to 450 passengers on the seven-car train, which has a capacity of about 900, when it crashed at around 8:15 a.m., said Ms. Friedberg. Between 60 and 80 fire personnel responded to the scene, said a fire
