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James Romansoff, 58, a Metro-North employee, struck and killed by a train in East Harlem, Manhattan, while working on the tracks.

Date: 
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY

A veteran Metro-North worker was struck and killed by a train in East Harlem early Monday, the latest in a series of accidents at the beleaguered commuter railroad.

The employee, 58-year-old James Romansoff, was working on the tracks near East 106th Street and Park Avenue when he was hit by a Poughkeepsie-bound Hudson Line train that left Grand Central Terminal at 12:47 a.m., a Metro-North spokesman said.

4 dead, dozens injured in train derailment in the Bronx.

Date: 
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Area: 
New York, NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says a Metro-North passenger train derailment in New York City has left four people dead and 63 injured. Cuomo spoke Sunday morning at the scene of the crash in the Bronx. He says authorities believe everyone at the site has been accounted for and that the National Transportation Safety Board is en route. Cuomo says the train operator is among the injured. The crash was reported at 7:20 a.m. near the Spuyten Duyvil station. The southbound Hudson Line train from Poughkeepsie was headed to Grand Central Terminal.