A Metro-North train hit a car on Tuesday evening in Valhalla, New York, according to reports.
There were a number of injuries, the reports said. NBC reported that many as 12 were hurt, and officials described the crash as a “mass casualty” incident.
Harlem Line Service is temporarily suspended btwn N White Plains & Pleasantville due to a train striking a motor vehicle near Valhalla.
— Metro-North Railroad (@MetroNorth) February 4, 2015
The train was running on the Harlem line, which is now experiencing delays.
It’s unclear how the car got onto the train tracks. One person on Twitter said she was on the train, and said there was a fire but everyone was able to get out.
Metro-North Railroad spokesman Aaron Donovan says the northbound train struck the vehicles at a railroad crossing in Valhalla on Tuesday evening.
Donovan says the vehicles and the front of the train caught fire. He says there have been injuries but no fatalities have been reported.
The rail passengers were moved to the rear of the train, which had left Grand Central Terminal about 45 minutes earlier.
Service on Metro-North’s Harlem Line has been suspended between Pleasantville and North White Plains.
Metro-North is the nation’s second-busiest railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road. It was formed in 1983 and serves about 280,000 riders a day in New York and Connecticut.
WATCH LIVE: Chopper 4 @ Metro-North vs. car: massive emergency response, smoldering train cars http://t.co/EDDsjlrb6Q pic.twitter.com/dZ3fCw7mox
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) February 4, 2015
Smoke coming from @MetroNorth train that caught fire after hitting car in Valhalla. Reports of injuries. @CBSNewYork pic.twitter.com/gIpGjv2tsI
— Kathy McGee (@katmcgeenyc) February 4, 2015
WNBC: At least a dozen people injured after Metro-North train slammed into car, burst into flames in Valhalla, NY pic.twitter.com/ArjPZpbdjh
— Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 4, 2015
#BREAKING: Metro-North train hits car on tracks in Valhalla, officials say http://t.co/RAlEeUtWWc pic.twitter.com/FxBOOupwmw
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) February 4, 2015
BREAKING PHOTO: @MetroNorth train slams into car & explodes in #Valhalla on #harlem line at Commerce St. Multi inj pic.twitter.com/VMpLZIeadz
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 4, 2015
PICTURE FROM TRAIN VS CAR – VALHALLA,NY – RPT OF MULTI INJURIES – RT @anabolicapple pic.twitter.com/HajDwzCxev #BREAKING
— Alertpage Inc. (@alertpage) February 4, 2015
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