At least 1 killed, dozens injured after train crashes into New Jersey station

Witness says he saw lots of people bleeding, woman pinned under concrete

HOBOKEN, N.J. ā€“ A commuter train crashed into a rail station in New Jersey during the morning rush hour Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others.

The woman who died was identified by the medical examiner's office as Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, 34, of Hoboken. Bittar de Kroon formerly lived in Miami-Dade County.

Authorities said 108 people were injured, including at least three who suffered traumatic injuries.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the engineer involved in the train crash is in critical condition.

Christie said Thursday at a news conference that the engineer was cooperating with investigators.

TV footage and photos from the scene Thursday morning show damage to the rail car and extensive structural damage to the New Jersey Transit's Hoboken station.

Radio station WFAN anchor John Minko told New York radio station WINS that the train "went right through the barriers and into the reception area."

A passenger said the commuter train was crowded and plowed through the platform at the end of the line.

Bhagyesh Shah told NBC New York that he saw a lot of people bleeding and a woman pinned under concrete.

Shah said he was in the back of the train but that many people use the front cars, since it makes for an easier exit. He said the train plowed into the platform.

He said it lasted only a couple seconds, "but it felt like an eternity."

Shah told the TV station that passengers in the second car broke the emergency windows to get out.

Rail service was suspended in and out of Hoboken, which is directly across the Hudson River from New York City.

New Jersey Transit spokeswoman Jennifer Nelson said she doesn't know yet how fast the train was going when it ran into the rail bumper at the end of the line.

A New Jersey Transit machinist at the Hoboken train station said he saw it coming in at a high rate of speed and strike a bumper block, which caused the front car to go into the air.

Michael Larson said the train traveled about 40 feet after going airborne and hit the wall of a waiting room at the station.

Larson said the bumper blocks are made of concrete and steel.

The National Transportation Safety Board is opening an investigation into the crash, and is sending a team of investigators to the scene.