Train derails in US, leaves four dead
2 Dec 2013 6:26 AM IST
At least four people were killed and 63 injured early on Sunday when a passenger train derailed in New York City as at least five cars from a Metro-North train slid off the tracks, officials said.
The derailment of the southbound Hudson Line train was reported at about 7:20 am near the Spuyten Duyvil station, authorities said.
The train left Poughkeepsie at 5:54 am and was due to arrive at 7:43 am, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a news release.
The Fire Department of New York said 130 firefighters are on the scene. The extent of the injuries is not yet clear, the MTA said.
Four or five cars on the seven-car train derailed about 90 metres north of the station, the MTA said. But none of the cars entered the Hudson or Harlem rivers, which are adjacent, the MTA said.
The crash was reported by the engineer, and it wasn’t clear if any crew members are injured, the MTA said.
Edwin Valero was in an apartment building above the accident scene when the train derailed.
He says none of the cars went into the water where the Harlem River meets the Hudson.
At first, he said, he didn’t notice that the train had flipped over.
The derailment of the southbound Hudson Line train was reported at about 7:20 am near the Spuyten Duyvil station, authorities said.
The train left Poughkeepsie at 5:54 am and was due to arrive at 7:43 am, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said in a news release.
The Fire Department of New York said 130 firefighters are on the scene. The extent of the injuries is not yet clear, the MTA said.
Four or five cars on the seven-car train derailed about 90 metres north of the station, the MTA said. But none of the cars entered the Hudson or Harlem rivers, which are adjacent, the MTA said.
The crash was reported by the engineer, and it wasn’t clear if any crew members are injured, the MTA said.
Edwin Valero was in an apartment building above the accident scene when the train derailed.
He says none of the cars went into the water where the Harlem River meets the Hudson.
At first, he said, he didn’t notice that the train had flipped over.
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