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