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| In US, Commuter Train Slams Into Ca |
| In US, Commuter Train Slams Into Car, Which Bursts Into Flames
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 4-February-2015
3:5:27 AM |
| A packed commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle on the tracks at a crossing on Tuesday night, killing seven people, injuring several others and sending hundreds of passengers scrambling to get to safety as the front of the train and the SUV burst into flames. The impact was so forceful the electrified third rail buckled and pierced the train, authorities said.
"You have seven people who started out today to go about their business and aren't going to be making it home tonight," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at the crash site in Valhalla, 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of New York City.
The northbound Metro-North Railroad train left Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan around 5:45 pm and struck the Jeep Cherokee about 45 minutes later. Cuomo said the SUV's driver and six people aboard the train were killed, making this crash the railroad's deadliest.
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The railroad crossing gates had come down on top of the SUV, which was stopped on the tracks, Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Aaron Donovan said. The driver got out to look at the rear of the vehicle, then she got back in and drove forward and was struck, he said.
The train shoved the SUV about 10 train car lengths. Smoke poured out of the scorched front rail car, its windows blackened.
"This is a truly ugly and brutal site," Cuomo said.
Witnesses said they saw the flames shooting from where the crash occurred, in a wooded area near a cemetery.
Ryan Cottrell, assistant director at a nearby rock climbing gym, said he had been looking out a window because of an earlier, unrelated car accident and saw the train hit the car, pushing it along.
"The flames erupted pretty quickly," he said
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