WASHINGTON – At least four people were killed and 63 were injured when a Metro North passenger train derailed in the Bronx at about 7:20 Sunday morning, according to New York radio station WCBS.
WCBS in New York is reporting that the derailment happened across from the Spuyten Duyvil station, near the Henry Hudson Bridge across from the northern tip of Manhattan, where the Spuyten Duyvil Creek meets the Hudson River. All seven cars on the train left the rails.
In a news conference, MTA chairman Tom Pendergast said that more than 100 people were on the train when it derailed. He added that a garbage train derailed just south of the same location in July. He said he did not believe that Sunday’s derailment happened on a section of track that was replaced after the summer accident.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo says that authorities do not know the cause of the derailment yet, adding that officials from the National Transportation Safety Board are on their way.
The train was headed from Poughkeepsie south into Grand Central Station, in Manhattan.
See the report from CBS News in New York below:
Here's our first look at the scene of the @metronorth #derailment. More info here: http://t.co/udBMwQrZhw pic.twitter.com/flIt9jVasD
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) December 1, 2013
Here's another look at the scene of MNR #derailment. More info here: http://t.co/udBMwQrZhw #Breaking pic.twitter.com/Bp8z1FXPe4
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) December 1, 2013
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