Dozens sustain injuries in commuter train crash near Hicksville, New York

Modified Date: 
Sun, 10/09/2016 - 3:10pm
Accident Date: 
Saturday, October 8, 2016

Passenger train derailment shuts down Long Island Rail Road

LIRR spokesman Sal Arena says the first three cars of the 12-car train derailed. He says the work train caught fire after the crash.

Commuter train derails east of New York City

A spokeswoman for the Nassau County Police Department says there are 50 to 100 injuries, none of them life-threatening.

Long Island train derailment: 33 injured, services suspended

The first three carriages of the 12-car Long Island Rail Road train came off the tracks about half a mile east of New Hyde Park Station, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a statement.

Governor: Trains side-swiped each other, causing derailment

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Sunday it appears a train doing maintenance work somehow violated the clearance space of a Long Island Rail Road train.

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