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Firefighters: 'multiple injuries' in Metro-North train derailment in Bronx | |
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The Fire Department of New York says there are "multiple injuries" in a Metro-North passenger train derailment in the Bronx, but the extent of the injuries is unclear. /> />The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says four or five cars on the seven-car train derailed about 100 yards north of Spuyten Duyvil station on a curved section of the track. But the MTA says none of the cars entered the Hudson or Harlem rivers, which are adjacent. | |
The agency says the crash was reported by the engineer and it wasn't clear if any crew members are injured. | |
The FDNY said the train derailment was reported at 7.20am on Sunday. The fire department says 130 firefighters are on the scene. | |
A witness, Edwin Valero, was in an apartment building above the accident scene when the train derailed. He said none of the cars went into the water where the Harlem River meets the Hudson, but at least one ended up a few feet from the edge. | |
He said he didn't realize the train had turned on its side until he saw a firefighter walking on the window. | |
Another witness, Rebecca Schwartz, was at a nearby park when the accident occurred. She said she didn't see or hear the derailment but looked across the water when she heard emergency vehicle sirens. She said numerous emergency vehicles had responded to the scene. | |
It was reported that the train, made up of seven cars, was from Poughkeepsie and was due to terminate at Grand Central, and that service has been suspended on the lower section of the Hudson line, from Croton Harmon to Grand Central. | |
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