As the week begins to come to a close, many commuters begin planning their weekend. Each morning people plan their day, check tasks off their list, and schedule their productivity accordingly. Today in Hoboken, NJ many commuters had their day unfortunately planned for them.

According to CNN, A New Jersey Transit train plowed through a major station in Hoboken during Thursday morning’s rush-hour commute, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100 others, officials said.

The train overran its stopping point, slammed into a bumper block, went airborne and hurtled through a passenger concourse at about 8:45 a.m. at the terminal, one of the busiest transit hubs in the New York area. The person killed was standing on the platform and was struck by debris from the crash.

“It went up and over the bumper block, through the depot … and came to rest at the wall by the waiting room,” worker Mike Larson said. “It was going considerably faster than it should have normally been.”
Passenger Leon Offengenden said he was in one of the cars behind the lead car when the crash happened. “The front car is essentially off the rails… into the building of the station, with the roof sort of collapsed around it,” he said. “The first car was just demolished. The train looked like it went through the stop,” Offengenden said.

Rail service was suspended in and out of Hoboken into the afternoon as a result of the crash. New Jersey Transit train service will be suspended indefinitely, until the damage can be assessed and repaired. However, Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) trains will resume service through Hoboken on Thursday afternoon, state Transportation Commissioner Richard Hammer said. Engineers determined that the structural integrity of the potion of the station that serves PATH trains is intact.

Thousands of people commute into the cities every single day without an incident. And that’s how it should be. You shouldn’t have to worry every time you set foot on a train. Regardless of how rare accidents like this are, they do happen. When they happen, you must be prepared to fight for the compensation you are due.

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