Dozens of people were injured Saturday when a
commuter train hit a work train east of New York City and derailed, officials
said.
The eastbound Long Island Rail Road train derailed
east of New Hyde Park just after 9 p.m., a spokesman for the railroad said.
A spokesman for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 11
passengers were taken to hospitals, all with injuries that did not appear to be
life-threatening. Official estimates on the number of injured people ranged
from 29 to 40.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said there were a
“wide range of injuries from broken bones to lacerations to cuts.”
About 600 people were on the 8:22 p.m. train out of
Penn Station train when it crashed, the Democratic governor said in a
statement.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman
Thomas Prendergast said the front car sideswiped the work train, causing the
second and third cars of the passenger train to derail. (AP)
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