NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Four people were killed and 63 injured when a Metro-North commuter train derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx, officials said.
All of the train’s seven cars came off the curved track about 100 feet north of the Spuyten Duyvil station around 7:20 a.m., MTA officials said. One car came to rest feet from the Harlem River. Three of the dead were found outside the train, and one was found inside, authorities said.
Metro-North Train Derails Near Spuyten Duyvil « CBS New York
The troubles for the commuter train system began May 17, when an eastbound train derailed in Bridgeport, Conn., and was hit by a westbound train, in a crash that injured 73 passengers, two engineers and a conductor. Eleven days later, track foreman Robert Luden was struck and killed by a train in West Haven, Conn.
NYC train derailment leaves 4 dead, dozens injured – The Washington Post
The train was going “a lot faster” than usual as it approached the tricky bend, passenger Frank Tatulli told Channel 7. The speed limit coming into Spuyten Duyvil is 30 mph, the MTA said.
“The guy was going on one of the turns fast. I have no idea why,” said Tatulli, who rides this same train into work in Manhattan every Sunday morning. “It [the train] left them [tracks] because it went too fast.”
4 dead, more than 60 injured in NYC train derail nightmare | New York Post
New York needs to limit train capacity to five cars, like they do with rifle magazines. Also they need to stop hiring drivers who use trains to play the knockout game.
