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| New York train crash: Metro-North derailment in Bronx | |
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| A passenger train has derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, prompting a major emergency services response amid US media reports of at least four deaths. | |
| Five of the Metro-North train's seven carriages came off the tracks, New York's transport authority said. | |
| The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said the derailment had occurred near Spuyten Duyvil station. | |
| Hudson Line services had been suspended, it added. | Hudson Line services had been suspended, it added. |
| The train was the 05:54 from Poughkeepsie, due to arrive at Grand Central Station at 07:43, ABC News said. | |
| The Fire Department of New York says the derailment occurred at 07:20, causing "multiple injuries", and that 130 firefighters were on the scene. | |
| Earlier reports from the scene said carriages had gone into a nearby body of water, but the MTA has denied this. | |
| Eyewitness Edwin Valero told the Associated Press that at least one carriage had ended up a few feet from the edge. | |
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