Four people were killed and 63 were injured after a Metro North Hudson Line train derailed in the Bronx, New York City at 7:20am December 1, 2013.
Operating in a locomotive-pushing manner, it was heading from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Terminal when the seven cars and the locomotive derailed rounding a curve near the Spuyten Duyvil station. The trains regular 70 MPH speed is normally reduced to 30 MPH for the curve. It has determined the train was traveling at 82 MPH.
At least two of the four people that were killed were thrown from the train. There were approximately 150 passengers and it is assumed that they have all been accounted for.
The train operator, engineer William Rockefeller, was injured in the accident. He claimed that he "dumped the air" thus setting in the brakes. However, event recorders state that this did not occur until 6 seconds before the train actually stopped.
This view shows on the lower left the locomotive and seven cars of the derailed Metro North train. Overhead is the Henry Hudson bridge. In the foreground is the Hudson River.
