Witness in front car of N.J. train describes 'big crash'

More than 100 people are injured in a high-speed commuter train crash in Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York City. Our partners at WCBS Radio report at least three people were killed when the crowded New Jersey Transit train rammed into Hoboken station. The impact collapsed part of the station's roof. Jim Axelrod reports.

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First of all... they interviewed the daycare worker of the daughter of the 1 woman who died. The daycare worker was trying not to laugh on tv. Then they interviewed the engineer who found the dead body and he was explaining it with a smile on his face...

Second... this accident is the equivalent of driving your car to the grocery store for milk and reving your car up to 60mph at the storefront and driving your car through the front of the store to the milk aisle. Even a person on his first day driving a car wouldnt do that, neither would a person the first day driving a train...

Third... the buzzword that keeps popping up is Positive Train Control could have preventeted this... Positive Train Control is needed... how do news reporters and news anchors already have a solution before the investigation is complete and how is the solution already unanimous? PTC is a computerized system which requires the operator to check in with a computer that consistently tells the operator what to do next. Its one step closer to having a completely automated train. I think they want that as the next step, then automated trucks (which are already invented), then automated cars (which are already invented). Imagine if you couldnt go anywhere without all your travel data being logged and sent to a database. Imagine if you couldnt decide to not pull over your car. Imagine if you couldnt decide to lock your doors and not comply. I think automated trains are the first step in that direction