US train crash: Images from Hoboken, New Jersey

Passengers rush to safety after a train crashed into the platform at the Hoboken Terminal on 29 September 2016.Getty Images

A train has crashed in the US state of New Jersey, hitting a station platform in the morning rush hour

Commuters look at the felled roof at Hoboken station on 29 September 2016AP

The New Jersey Transit commuter train crashed through Hoboken station, a busy commuter hub. Images showed extensive damage to the station concourse, including to the roof

Passengers evacuate after a train crashed into the platform at the Hoboken Terminal on 29 September 2016.Getty Images

Passengers said they helped each other from the train, which they said did not slow down as it entered the station. "It was going really fast and the terminal was basically the brake for the train,'' one passenger told US media

Emergency services arrive at the scene of the crash in Hoboken on 29 September 2016AP

Emergency teams have rushed to the area, amid reports of multiple critical injuries. One passenger told the BBC that people at the front of the train were "very badly injured"

Paramedics treat passengers outside Hoboken station on 29 September 2016Getty Images

Another passenger told the BBC that people were climbing out of the windows in the first car. "Many appeared to be injured, some had blood coming from their faces or their limbs," Ben Fairclough said

People are treated for injuries outside Hoboken station on 29 September 2016Getty Images

The train, which left Spring Valley, New York, at 07:23 local time and crashed at 08:45, was said to have been crowded

Commuters, some injured, and rescue personnel are pictured outside Hoboken station on 29 September 2016Getty Images

Commuters said large numbers of people were in need of first aid. "Everyone who was standing kind of went flying," commuter Jim Finan told Fox News. "I saw a lot of head injuries and kind of people with cuts."

Rail personnel look inside the crashed train, tangled in metal rubble, on 29 September 2016Getty Images

There is no official word yet on what caused the crash. Investigators were reported to be heading to the scene

Emergency services outside Hoboken station on 29 September 2016AFP

Hoboken is across the Hudson River from New York City. Many commuters use the station to travel into Manhattan

Rail personnel look at the train which breached the station concourse, bringing down part of the roof, on 29 September 2016Reuters

Service out of Hoboken station has been suspended as a result of the crash

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