One Big Question About Hoboken's Fatal Commuter Train Crash

At least one person is dead and 108 are injured following a commuter train crash inside the Hoboken Terminal Thursday morning. The New Jersey Transit train struck the building around 8:45 AM, running “over the bumper block, through the depot,” and stopping at a wall just short of the station’s waiting area, an agency employee who witnessed the event told reporters. The train’s first car was heavily damaged, as was the station itself: Videos of the incident’s aftermath show wires dangling from the ceiling, water pouring down, and metal beams collapsed on the ground.

The cause of the crash is unknown at this stage; the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation. In a press conference this afternoon, officials stressed that there was no reason yet to consider it anything other than an accident.