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Four Dead, 67 Injured In Metro North Train Derailment In Bronx
The New York Times is reporting: "At least four people were killed after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx along the Hudson River, officials said."
At least four people were killed after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx along the Hudson River, officials said. Rescue workers at the scene of the derailment, just north of the Spuyten Duyvil station. A total of 67 people were injured — 11 critically — a New York Fire Department spokesman, Jim Long, said. The derailment occurred when several cars of a train headed south from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., left the tracks about 7:20 a.m. near the Spuyten Duyvil station under the Henry Hudson Bridge on the Hudson Line, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman, Aaron Donovan.
The New York Daily News is reporting that "five cars tore off the tracks near the Hudson River while headed toward Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal. Two people were thrown from the rail cars. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the scene. One Witness said : "Maybe it was a minute, it felt like an eternity, I just wanted it to stop."
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The derailment is affecting service, Metro North said on its website:
Hudson Line service is suspended between Tarrytown and Grand Central due to a derailed train in the vicinity of Spuyten Duyvil. Bus service will be provided between White Plains and Tarrytown Station for customers wishing to travel in and out of Grand Central. Shuttle bus service will commence at approximately 11 AM. Customers at stations between Irvington and Yankees-E. 153rd St. Station are urged to use the Harlem Line, NYCT Subway and/or bus service. Hudson Line tickets will be cross honored for these services. Please continue to check this website for updates.
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