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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Metro-North Passenger Train Derails in New York,USA Sunday Dec 01,2013


The commuter train that jumped its tracks in the Bronx was barreling into a curve at nearly three times the posted speed when it derailed, killing 4 passengers, federal safety officials said Monday Dec 02,2013


In addition to the four dead, at least 67 more were hurt. Three remained in critical condition Monday night, and 16 others were still hospitalized, hospitals told

 Preliminary data from the event recorders aboard the train clocked it at 82 mph as it approached the 30-mph curve, where the Hudson and Harlem rivers converge, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener told

The train's recorded speed is not only far faster than the rated speed for the curve where the derailment occurred, it's faster than the 70 mph posted for the section of track that led into the curve

All seven coaches and the locomotive came off the tracks 









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