Hoboken train crash latest updates: One dead and more than 100 people injured after NJ Transit train derails

The cause of the crash is not yet known

Video shows aftermath of Hoboken crash

A packed commuter train has ploughed into a station in Hoboken, New Jersey, injuring over 100 people and killing one person.

The rush-hour train did not slow down as it entered the station, hit a concrete block and was raised off the tracks, hitting the station ceiling.

Part of the station ceiling has collapsed. Emergency workers are on the scene, helping passengers evacuate the carriages. Many were trapped and injured.

Dozens of ambulances lined up near the station and more than 10 people have been take to intensive care.

• Train "rose into the air" after colliding with concrete block, say witnesses
• "Three dead" and more than 100 injured 

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What happened?

The cause of the accident is not immediately clear.

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''.

NJ Transit has announced that all PATH trains have been suspended at Hoboken station.

Emergency services are arriving on the scene and are helping to remove people from the train.

A Twitter user from New York City, under the name Inscrutable India, wrote, "Lucky to be alive .. we in the second car of the train that crashed in Hoboken."

Around 15,000 people travel through the train station every week, as reported by CNN.

Commuters were told to find another way to get to work, including NY Waterway allowing people to board with rail passes.

[29 September 2016 15:07 · Rachael Revesz]

An NJ Transit spokesperson said most of the 100 plus injuries are "critical".

[29 September 2016 16:04 · rob.crilly]

Several witnesses are now describing how the train was travelling too fast and the first car rose into the air as it failed to stop in time and collided with a concrete block

[29 September 2016 17:10 · Rachael Revesz]

More than 50 patients were taken to a trauma hospital this morning. None were reported to have life-threatening injuries, although one patient is currently in surgery.

[29 September 2016 19:07 · Rachael Revesz]

The final number of people that were injured today is 108 people. One person was killed on the platform.

[29 September 2016 19:54 · Rachael Revesz]

Here's what you need to know:

- A busy commuter train ploughed into Hoboken train station around 9am

- One person died after being hit by debris on the platform

-108 people injured

- An investigation has been launched by the National Transportation Safety Board

- New Jersey governor Chris Christie and New York governor Andrew Cuomo are carrying out a joint investigation, along with the MTA and Port Authority

-The train engineer is co-operating with authorities