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New York train crash: Metro-North derailment in Bronx New York train crash: Metro-North derailment in Bronx
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At least four people have been killed and dozens injured as a passenger train crashed off its tracks in the Bronx area of New York City. Four people have been killed and 63 injured in a passenger train crash in the Bronx area of New York City.
The Metro-North train's locomotive and carriages derailed as the train went into a bend in the railway line. Eleven of the injured are believed to be in a critical condition in hospital.
Some 130 firefighters are at the scene, and reports tell of bloodied passengers being helped from the carriages, some of which had fallen on their sides. The Metro-North train's locomotive and carriages derailed as the train went into a bend in the railway line near Spuyten Duyvil station.
The train was the 05:54 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Station. At least one eyewitness said the train - the 05:54 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Station - was travelling much faster than normal at the time.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said none of the carriages had gone into the adjacent Hudson or Harlem rivers - although pictures from the scene suggest this nearly happened. None of the carriages went into the adjacent Hudson or Harlem rivers - although pictures from the scene suggest this nearly happened.
The Fire Department of New York said the derailment had occurred at 07:20 near Spuyten Duyvil station.
The train appeared to be going "a lot faster'' than normal as it approached the curve coming into the station, passenger Frank Tatulli told WABC-TV.The train appeared to be going "a lot faster'' than normal as it approached the curve coming into the station, passenger Frank Tatulli told WABC-TV.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the curve where the derailment occurred was in a slow speed area, and that the train's black box recorder should be able to tell how fast the train was travelling.
Joel Zaritsky was travelling on the train to attend a dental convention in New York City.Joel Zaritsky was travelling on the train to attend a dental convention in New York City.
"I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times," he told the Associated Press news agency."I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I heard people screaming. There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train.''"Then I saw the gravel coming at me, and I heard people screaming. There was smoke everywhere and debris. People were thrown to the other side of the train.''
Speaking to the media near the scene, New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed the casualty figures, adding that the authorities believed everyone at the site has been accounted for and that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was en route to the area to begin an investigation.
"It's obviously a very tragic situation," he said. "The first order of business is to care for the people who were on the train... we'll wait to see what the NTSB says before speculating as to any causes."
Metro-North is a rail service that serves commuters from New York City's northern suburbs. It is not part of the New York City subway system.Metro-North is a rail service that serves commuters from New York City's northern suburbs. It is not part of the New York City subway system.
Hudson Line services have been suspended, the MTA says. Sunday's accident is the second passenger train derailment this year for the rail service.
New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo is at the scene. On 17 May, an eastbound train derailed in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and was struck by a westbound train. The crash injured 73 passengers, two engineers and a conductor. Eleven days later, a track foreman was struck and killed by a train in West Haven, Connecticut.
He confirmed that four people had died and added that 63 had been injured, 11 of them critically.
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