A commuter train crashed into one of the busiest train stations in the New York area during the morning rush on Thursday, killing at least one person and sending at least 74 to area hospitals, according to The New York Times.
Photos from the scene show a crumpled New Jersey Transit rail car at the heavily damaged train station amid mangled steel, cables and concrete, according to USA Today.
|Person on platform died
The person who died was standing on the platform when the train came into the station, according to CNN.
The crash occurred around 8:45 a.m. The train came to a stop on a busy concourse near a waiting area as passengers inside the train scrambled to climb out of the windows.
|Lack of automatic braking a factor?
Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators will try to determine whether the lack of automatic braking might have been a factor in the crash, USA Today reports.
Rail service was suspended into and out of the station, including service provided by the PATH system, which runs between Manhattan and New Jersey. Local buses and ferries began accepting New Jersey train tickets as a result of the accident, but ferry service to New York City from Hoboken was shut down at midday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said, according to The New York Times.
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Emergency personnel arrive at the scene of a train crash in Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday. A commuter train barreled into the New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour. (Photo: Joe Epstein/AP Photo) 
Jamie Weatherhead-Saul, center, of Woodridge, N.J., who was on the train that crashed into the Hoboken Terminal, walks away after speaking to reporters. (Photo: Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
The Hoboken station, left, with the New York City skyline in the background, is seen from Jersey City, N.J., on Thursday. A crowded commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken station during the morning rush hour Thursday, injuring dozens of people, some critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling cables, authorities said. (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Emergency officials arrive by helicopter at Pier A Park near the Hoboken Terminal following a train crash Thursday in Hoboken, N.J. (Photo: Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Damage is seen on a section of the roof of the Hoboken station. (Photo: Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks during a news conference on the train crash at the Hoboken Terminal as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, listens. (Photo: Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
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