Dozens injured as passenger train derails on Long Island in New York State
‘At least 29 people were taken to hospital after a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuter train with about 600 passengers on board derailed in New Hyde Park in Nassau Country on Saturday night after it collided with a railroad work train and set it ablaze.
The accident took place about a half-mile (less than a kilometer) east of the New Hyde Park station around 9 pm local time, according to Nassau County police. Upon collision, the work train caught fire when the first three of 12-car passenger cars were thrown off the tracks
Train service has been suspended in the area.’
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