Report: City University of New York official among Amtrak victims

An official with the City University of New York was among at least seven people killed in Tuesday night's Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, CNN is reporting.

Derrick Griffith, acting dean of student affairs at Medgar Evers College, died when the train crashed as it headed from Washington toward New York, according to the news organization. He was from Brooklyn, according to CNN.

Griffith joined the CUNY system in 2011 after serving as executive director of Groundwork, a community organization that helps public housing residents get to college, according to the CUNY website.