A commuter
train, bound for New York's Grand Central Station, has derailed in the Bronx.
Officials have said four people were killed in the accident which occured at
the end of the Thanksgiving holiday travel weekend.
Speaking at the scene of the crash, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said four people were killed with 63 others injured on Sunday when the Metro-North passenger train derailed in the Bronx.
He said
officials believe everyone at the site has been accounted for and that the train
operator is among the injured.
The train,
heading southbound from Poughkeepsie to New York's Grand Central Station,
derailed at around 7:20 a.m. (1220 GMT) by Palisade Avenue near the Spuyten
Duyvil railroad station, the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) said.
Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (MTA) spokesperson Marjorie Anders said the curve
where the accident occurred is in a slow speed area. She said the black box
onboard should be able to tell how fast the train was traveling at the time of
the crash.
Photos
taken of the scene of the accident show several cars on their side with one
just feet from the edge of the water where the Harlem Rive meets the Hudson.
Sunday
marks the end of America's Thanksgiving holiday, which annually sees many
people in mass transit as they travel home to their families across the United
States for the long weekend.
hc/jr (Reuters, AFP, AP, dpa)
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