Dozens wounded in train derailment in New York

A commuter train has derailed east of New York City after it hit a maintenance train on the tracks, Sky news reported.

A spokesman for the Long Island Rail Road said the eastbound train derailed east of New Hyde Park just after 9pm Saturday.

A spokeswoman for the Nassau County Police Department said there were 10 to 20 injuries, none of them life-threatening.

A statement later from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, citing “early reports,” put the number of injuries at 11, “none of which are considered to be serious.”

According to Cuomo, the 12-car train was heading eastbound on the railroad’s main line carrying about 600 passengers when the first three cars derailed a half mile east of the New Hyde Park Station.

Photos from the scene of the wreck posted on social media showed at least two of the derailed train cars leaning upright but askew and partly off the track.

Source: MENA