Train derailment injures dozens, disrupts
service on Long Island, New York
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[October 10, 2016]
By Chris Michaud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Long Island Rail
Road passenger train derailed on Saturday near the community of New Hyde
Park, New York, injuring as many as 29 people and halting service on the
key transit line in both directions, railroad officials and police said.
Official details were not available on the precise circumstances of the
incident, which occurred at about 9 p.m. local time (0100 GMT) when a
passenger train struck a work train about 20 miles (32 km) east of
Manhattan, according to police.
It was not immediately clear if the work train was stationary at the
time.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano told a news conference 29 people were
treated in hospitals for non-life threatening injuries such as broken
bones and concussions. Scores more were evaluated or treated at the
scene for scrapes or bruises.
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A statement from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, citing "early reports,"
put the number of injuries at 11, "none of which are considered to be
serious."
According to Cuomo, the 12-car train was heading eastbound on the
railroad's main line carrying about 600 passengers when the first three
cars derailed a half mile east of the New Hyde Park Station.
Photos from the scene of the wreck posted on social media showed at
least two of the derailed train cars leaning upright but askew and
partly off the track.
People riding on the train told local media they saw sparks or fire
outside the windows after the train, which had been moving at a normal
speed, began shaking mildly, then more violently before striking
something and coming to a halt.
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Emergency responders work near a train that sits derailed near the
community of New Hyde Park on Long Island in New York, U.S, October
9, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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The New Hyde Park stop is just east of the border with the New York
City borough of Queens. The rail line, one of the busiest commuter
routes into America's largest city, said the derailment had forced
suspension of service in both directions.
Saturday's accident on Long Island comes nine days after a passenger
train crashed into a terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, a major
commuter route from New York City's western suburbs. That crash
killed one person and injured more than 100.
(Additional reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Writing by
Steve Gorman; Editing by Bill Rigby and Paul Tait)
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