Sunday, 1 December 2013

Train derails in New York, killing 4


A passenger train derailment Sunday morning killed at least four people and injured dozens more, officials said. Firefighters and emergency rescuers swarmed the scene near Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, where at least two train cars had flipped on their sides. One car was just feet away from the Harlem River. At least 67 people were injured, New York Police Chief Ray Kelly told reporters. It came off the tracks just as it was coming around a sharp curve shortly after 7 a.m., fire officials told CNN affiliate WCBSOf eight train cars, seven were off the tracks.

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