A Metro-North passenger train has derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, with a number of injuries being reported. Several cars plunged into the river, authorities said.
UPDATE: At least two died, a New York City police source familiar with the investigation and rescue told our source
Reports
are emerging that 30 people have been injured following the derailment
in the Bronx, but this information has not yet been confirmed. A
passenger who was on the train, Frank Tatulli, told Eyewitness News he
takes the train every Sunday morning, and that it was travelling at a
higher rate of speed than it normally does.
