2 separate cars from the Amtrak train to Penn Station in New York

ALBANY, New York (WABC) –

A train departing for Penn Station in New York City experienced a mechanical problem when two of the cars separated near Albany on Wednesday night, Amtrak said.

The incident occurred around 19:22. aboard Amtrak train 68, the Adirondack coming from Montreal.

None of the 287 passengers and crew members were injured.

"I started hearing the sound, I turned around and, suddenly, I watched the whole part of the train tear and come off from where I was," he said. said Billy Osher-Dugan, passenger in one of the wagons on the front. "About 25 passengers sitting around the room are wondering what to do while our car keeps rolling, then another guy shouted:" apply the emergency brake ".

The passengers were stuck in the cold for two hours after the cars separated.

Amtrak said that a salvage engine had been sent to transfer passengers from the broken down train.

The cause of the separation of the car is under study.

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