MetroNorth Train Derails in the Bronx

MetroNorth Train Derails in the Bronx
Ivan Pentchoukov
12/1/2013
Updated:
7/18/2015

NEW YORK—A MetroNorth train derailed south of the Spuyten Duyvil station minutes after 7 a.m. on Sunday, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Photos posted on Twitter show one car nearly in the river and two cars flipped on the side.

The Fire Department said that 50 units and 135 firefighters are on the scene. Authorities have not confirmed any fatalities. Several passengers have been injured, some seriously, CBS reported.

Service on the Hudson Line has been suspended between Grand Central Terminal and Croton Harmon, according to the MTA.

Emergency crews were on scene removing injured passengers from the wreck,  WCBS 880′s Monica Miller reported.

 

 

 

Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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