5 injured after SEPTA train hit barrier at end of track at Norristown Transit Center

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident on a Norristown high-speed train.

According to SEPTA, four passengers and a train operator were injured after a train collided with a bumping post at the end of track one around 9:45 a.m. Sunday, as the train was arriving at Norristown Transportation Center.

Officials noted that the train did not derail.

"They're going to have a big lawsuit on their hands," said Tyra Livingston, Norristown.

"There's a bumper there. How are you going so fast that you injure four people when there's a bumper there to stop the train?" said another person.

A passenger on that Route 100 train, who did not want to go on camera, told Action News that he was getting up to get ready to exit when he realized the train was not slowing as it approached the station.

"We'll talk to the operator, obviously. We're going to inspect the cars, inspect the track and infrastructure. We're going to learn what's functioning the way we intend it and the way it might not," said Scott Sauer, with SEPTA.