6 dead after NYC commuter train hits SUV stuck on tracks

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Tragic accident in NY.

6 dead after NYC commuter train hits SUV stuck on tracks
Published February 04, 2015
FoxNews.com



Tragedy and chaos struck during evening rush hour north of New York City Tuesday, when a packed commuter train traveling up to 60 mph struck an SUV straddling the tracks, killing the vehicle's driver and five people aboard the train and sending the electrified third rail up through the floor of a crowded car.
Panicked and bleeding passengers clawed and scrambled through the flaming and twisted wreckage, some exiting through the Metro-North train's car windows following the 6:30 p.m. crash in Valhalla, some 20 miles north of the city. At least 15 more people were injured, including seven seriously. The train's locomotive engineer was among those hurt.
"You have seven people who started out today to go about their business and aren't going to be making it home tonight," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press conference late Tuesday.
Early Wednesday, Cuomo said the death toll had been revised down to six.

"I am amazed anyone got off that train alive."- Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive
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The fiery crash occurred moments after the railroad crossing gates came down on top of a black Jeep Cherokee that had stopped just before the tracks. The SUV's female driver got out to inspect the vehicle, then got back in to move the vehicle. But a witness said she lurched forward, onto the tracks, as the train, carrying as many as 700 passengers, bore down.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/04/at-least-12-hurt-after-ny-commuter-train-hits-car-report-says/




Investigation is ongoing.

On a different note, this was in news yesterday and past months:

Train derailment plot 'very simple idea,' Via terror trial hears
Toronto Star-Feb 3, 2015
Jaser and Esseghaier face multiple terrorism-related charges in the alleged Via Rail plot, which sought to target a train between New York and ...

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...-very-simple-idea-via-terror-trial-hears.html



What's going on with planes and trains?? Another big derailment today

 

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[/h] [h=1]Behavior of SUV driver in deadly New York commuter train crash under scrutiny[/h] Published February 05, 2015FoxNews.com





Feb. 4, 2015: Emergency personnel work to remove the wreckage of a deadly SUV and commuter train accident in Valhalla, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)


Federal investigators probing a deadly crash involving a New York commuter train and a SUV have focused on the behavior of the vehicle's driver, who was identified Wednesday as a 49-year-old mother of three.
Five men on the train, as well as the SUV's driver, were killed late Tuesday in the deadliest accident in the 32-year history of the Metro-North commuter rail. The train smashed into the Mercedes ML350 driven by jewelry store employee Ellen Brody, which had become stuck on the tracks between the railroad crossing gates.
"The big question everyone wants to know is: Why was this vehicle in the crossing?" said Robert Sumwalt, National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/0...tiny-in-deadly-new-york-commuter-train-crash/