NEW YORK -- An Acela train with 248 passengers on board derailed at New York Penn Station on Friday morning and sideswiped an NJ Transit train, forcing the suspension of all rail service into the station, officials said.

"At approximately 9 a.m. today, Acela Express Train 2151 had a minor derailment while moving at a slow speed while departing New York Penn Station," Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods said in a statement.

NJ Transit officials said several minor injuries were reported among passengers and crew. There were no injuries that required transportation to a hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the New York Fire Department.

As of 11 a.m., all NJ Transit service in and out of Penn Station remained suspended. Amtrak service is still running, though with delays.

The Amtrak train was heading toward New Jersey and the NJ Transit train was pulling into the station, officials said. The NJ Transit train was able to reach the platform, where the passengers got off safely, officials said.

The Amtrak train was still close enough to the station to get people out.

"The rear of the train was still on the platform, and all 248 passengers have exited the train onto the platform and into the station safely," Woods said. "The train originated in Boston and was heading to Washington, D.C.

NJ Transit's Midtown Direct trains are being diverted to Hoboken and the service is cross honoring tickets system-wide.

Scott Parsons of Montclair said he boarded the NJ Transit at Watchung Plaza and it was sitting in the lower level of the last car when the trains collided.

"As the train was somewhere between the tunnel exit and platform, there was a loud metal scraping sound, (the) car tilted slightly and saw sparks on the tracks," Parsons said. " Some lower level windows popped out. Some people were thrown around. Didn't help that one car was closed today due to an overflowing lavatory."

NJ Transit service on the Northeast Corridor is running in and out of Newark. Morris and Essex and Montclair Boonton trains are running out of Hoboken

FDNYalerts MAN ALL HANDS PENN STATION, (AMTRAK) MINOR DERAILMENT TRACK 6, UNDER CONTROL — FDNYalerts (@FDNYAlerts) March 24, 2017

@NJTRANSIT my train crashed today. Was sitting in the damaged car. pic.twitter.com/gTciGXW3Ei — Scott Parsons (@ScottyParsonsNJ) March 24, 2017

NJ Advance Media staff Jeff Goldman and Larry Higgs contributed to this report.

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