Governor Tom Wolf Orders Pa. Flags At Half-Staff To Honor Victims Of Amtrak Train Derailment
Governor Wolf says flags shall remain at half-staff until sundown on Sunday, May 17.
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Governor Wolf says flags shall remain at half-staff until sundown on Sunday, May 17.
It broke the engineer's window around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday near SEPTA's North Philadelphia station. No injuries were reported.
Several candidates were canceling appearances out of respect for those killed and injured in the train derailment.
Dr. Herb Cushing said he spoke to several patients from the last two train cars who were awake and able to talk.
Eyewitness News spoke to one visibly distraught passenger, Rebecca Bibb, who says she was on the third train car from the back at the time of the accident.
Several area hospitals treated those that were injured in a deadly train derailment in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood Tuesday night.
The train was headed from Washington D.C. to New York when it jumped the tracks at Frankford Junction.
Former Congressman Patrick Murphy was on the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia Tuesday evening.
Amtrak says individuals with questions about their friends and family on train 188 should call Amtrak's Emergency Hotline at 800-523-9101.
The train derailment in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood is impacting travel for the Wednesday morning commute.
A mother and son share their story as passengers on the Amtrak train derailment in Port Richmond.
Eight people are dead and more than 200 injured following the derailment of Amtrak train 188 in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood late Tuesday night.