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Title: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: Red on December 01, 2013, 10:48:20 AM 4 Dead and Many Injured (11 Critically) in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Heading from f Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal in NYC (Update: 67 Injured) (VIDEO)
http://scaredmonkeys.com/2013/12/01/4-dead-and-many-inuried-11-critically-in-metro-north-train-derailment-in-the-bronx-ny/ VIDEO: http://youtu.be/xoHgAKkpDTc Quote The NY Times is reporting that a Metro-North Railroad train derailed Sunday morning killing four and injuring 67, of which 11 were critically. The train was the 5:54 a.m. out of Poughkeepsie, and was due at Grand Central Terminal at 7:43 a.m., derailed in the Bronx, NY along the Hudson River. WABC reported the train derailed from the tracks about 7:20 a.m. near the Spuyten Duyvil station under the Henry Hudson Bridge. ::snipping3::At least four people were killed after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed Sunday morning in the Bronx along the Hudson River, officials said. A total of 67 people were injured — 11 critically — a New York Fire Department spokesman, Jim Long, said. The derailment occurred when several cars of a train headed south from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., left the tracks about 7:20 a.m. near the Spuyten Duyvil station under the Henry Hudson Bridge on the Hudson Line, according to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman, Aaron Donovan.[Councilman G. Oliver Koppell, who represents the area and was at the scene, said the accident was “certainly the worst one on this line.” Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: Red on December 01, 2013, 10:51:46 AM 4 dead, 63 injured after NYC-bound Metro-North passenger train derails in Bronx (New York Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-bound-metro-north-passenger-train-derails-bronx-article-1.1533963#ixzz2mEtsyNhJ Grim pics of the injured and the deceased. Quote Five cars tore off the tracks Sunday near the Hudson River while headed toward Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal. Two people were thrown from the rail cars. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on the scene. Witness: "Maybe it was a minute, it felt like an eternity, I just wanted it to stop." ::snipping3::Four people died Sunday morning when several Metro North cars derailed in the Bronx, police sources and officials said. Two of the passengers were killed when they were ejected from the Metro-North train around 7:20 a.m. near the Spuyten Duyvil Station, sources told The News. Up to 63 people were injured and 12 of those people are listed in critical condition, sources also said. Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: Red on December 01, 2013, 10:53:28 AM Four dead as Metro-North train derails in the Bronx
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101236968 Quote Rescue workers from the Police and Fire Departments converged on the scene and lowered stretchers into the train cars, which were lying nearly on their sides; one car was just above the water. ::snipping3:: The train was the 5:54 a.m. out of Poughkeepsie, and was due at Grand Central Terminal at 7:43 a.m., Mr. Donovan said. "We are just not sure" what caused the derailment, he said. "That will be the subject of a detailed investigation." A freight train derailed near the same station in July. Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: Red on December 01, 2013, 11:06:12 AM TWITTER pic from NBC4NY
https://twitter.com/SheldonDutes4NY/status/407135212565299200/photo/1 (http://scaredmonkeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Train_derailment_Twitter1.jpg) Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: MuffyBee on December 01, 2013, 06:54:35 PM I hope the cause of the derailment can be found and corrected if possible. According to the articles, there are four dead and 67 wounded, with 12 in critical condition. Very sad news. ::MonkeyNoNo::
Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: MuffyBee on December 02, 2013, 04:56:30 PM http://www.cbsnews.com/news/metro-north-train-going-82-mph-approaching-30-mph-curve-before-deadly-wreck-ntsb-says/ Metro North train going 82 mph as it approached 30-mph curve before wreck, NTSB says December 2, 2013 YONKERS, N.Y. -- The National Transportation Safety Board says a train that derailed in New York City was traveling 82 mph as it approached 30 mph zone. The Metro-North Railroad commuter train jumped the tracks Sunday morning along a sharp curve where the speed limit drops from 70 mph to 30 mph. Four passengers died. ::snipping3:: Title: Re: 4 Dead & 67 Injured in Metro-North Train Derailment in the Bronx, NY Post by: MuffyBee on December 04, 2013, 09:30:10 AM http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/us/new-york-train-crash/
NTSB kicks train union out of crash investigation December 4, 2013 (CNN) -- The NTSB said it has booted the rail union from its investigation into the weekend's deadly train derailment for violating confidentiality rules. The agency made the announcement late Tuesday night, hours after a union representative told CNN that the train engineer apparently "was nodding off and caught himself too late" before the accident. The train derailment Sunday killed four people and injured 67 others in New York. In its announcement, the NTSB specifically cited those comments as the violation. Anthony Bottalico, the union representative, told CNN that engineer William Rockefeller Jr. recognizes his responsibility in the incident. "I think most people are leaning towards human error," Bottalico said. Train crash investigation focuses on engineer Was sleep a factor in train derailment? Rockefeller's lawyer, Jeffrey Chartier, characterized what happened as "highway hypnosis." He said his client had had a full night's sleep before the crash, and had no disciplinary record. More... Video at Link |