DeRailed Again

NEW YORK (CNN), Dec 1, 2013 —Rail cars flipped over when a passenger train derailed Sunday morning, killing at least four people and injuring dozens more. Firefighters and emergency rescuers swarmed the scene near Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, where at least two train cars were turned on their sides. One car was just feet away from the Harlem River. Lucky not elevated.

It had been guaranteed that it could not happen there.

Three of the dead were thrown "as the train came off the track and was twisting and turning," New York Fire Department Chief Edward Kilduff told reporters. "The windows broke out. ... The gravel came flying up in our faces," said passenger Amanda Swanson, who put her bag in front of her face to block the rubble. "I really didn't know if I would survive," she said. "The train felt like it was on its side and dragging for a long time. ... The whole thing felt like slow motion."

Police divers were in the water hours after the crash looking for survivors, and cadaver dogs searched the wreckage. Authorities believe all the passengers have been accounted for, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters. It was unclear how fast the train was traveling and how many passengers were on board. It was only about half full, not many riding the rail anymore, too much humbug.

 

In Honolulu? Naw. The Present Rail Party has guaranteed it cannot happen here.

"I heard this horrible, whooshing sound. ... It was very disturbing, very loud," said Hank Goldman, who lives near the tracks. "I jumped out of bed and looked out the window and I saw a light-colored object lying down. I thought it was the roadway to the train. Then I got my binoculars, and I couldn't believe my eyes, that the train had jumped the tracks right here."

At least 67 people were injured, 11 seriously, said Joe Bruno, New York's commissioner of emergency management. "In terms of causes, we don't know exactly what happened," Cuomo said. Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were headed to the scene, he said.

The Articulated bus could have been the answer to Oahu Problems at one tenth the cost of the Rail Disaster. But the big bucks in profits for the Present Rail Party are easy money.

The train operator -- who is among the injured -- told investigators he applied brakes to the train, but it didn't slow down, a law enforcement official on the scene and familiar with the investigation said. "That will be a key point of concern, whether this train was moving too quickly," Bruno said.

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