NEW YORK -- A packed Long Island Rail Road rush-hour train crashed at the end of a platform as it pulled into a major Brooklyn transportation hub on Wednesday, hurling passengers onto the floor and slamming them into each other.

The front of the slow-moving train hit a bumping block as it pulled into Atlantic Terminal, left the tracks and smashed into a small structure, apparently a work area; a rail pierced the floor of a train car, authorities said.

About 100 people were treated for minor injuries after the 8:30 a.m. crash; many had been standing as they prepared to get off the train at the last stop.

“I was getting up from my seat, and there was a loud impact, and I flew forward and then flew backward,” a passenger named Amanda told CBS New York station WCBS-TV. “It was total chaos. There was smoke on the train, and we were just sitting there in shock.”

Another passenger who said he was in the train’s first car told the station that the train seemed to be running at its usual speed before it suddenly jolted.

“I was sitting at the time, jumped out of my seat and then back down and up again,” the passenger named David told WCBS-TV. “The train jumped the end of the line and went right over the embankment and into a station office, and people who were standing up to exit the train all toppled on top of each other.”

Some people were removed on stretchers. Others sat, stunned, on the pavement outside - bleeding, holding ice packs on their heads, rising and limping away with help from rescuers.

“The entire structure started shaking,” said Steben Medina, who was having coffee at the terminal when he heard the crash and screams. “I thought a bomb had gone off or something.”

The most serious injury, though, appeared to be a broken leg, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

“Luckily ... all things considered, this was a relatively minor accident,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

A commuter train passenger sits on the floor of a train car after a Long Island Rail Road train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 4, 2017. Courtesy Aaron D. Neufeld

The terminal is beneath a shopping mall in downtown Brooklyn, adjacent to the Barclays Center, home to Nets basketball, Islanders hockey and major concerts.

A similar accident across the harbor in Hoboken, New Jersey, in September was much worse. There, a New Jersey Transit commuter train plowed off the end of a track, killing a woman standing in the station. Federal investigators are examining whether a more modern bumper or other barriers could have made a difference.

The train in Wednesday’s wreck originated in the Far Rockaway section of Queens and was carrying around 450 people, officials said.

“People just went flying,” passenger Donette Smith told The New York Times. “It was very scary.”

“I sort of slammed into the folks who were facing me,” said Audrey Foster, who was sitting in the second car and hurt her side.

Foster said there were a lot of familiar faces on her daily commute, and many of those people were injured. “It’s just sad,” she said.

The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast said there is “a signal system that controls it coming in at limited speeds. But when you’re getting to the end it’s the locomotive engineer’s responsibility. And the train’s brakes have to work. All those things have to be looked at in the investigation.”

Prendergast told reporters that he didn’t expect the incident to affect the evening commute.</s>A Long Island Rail Road train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at the height of Wednesday’s morning rush, injuring more than 100 people.</s>Three dozen people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train either hit something or derailed as it arrived at a New York City terminal.

Online images showed the train at a slight angle in its track bed in the busy Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn.

Passengers told TV news crews on the scene that there was a loud bang and a jolt that sent some people flying.

Some people were carried away on stretchers. Others were sitting outside the train holding ice packs to their heads.</s>New York commuter train derails in Brooklyn, more than 100 injured

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan 4 (Reuters) - A New York City commuter train derailed at a Brooklyn terminal after ramming into a bumper during Wednesday's morning rush hour, leaving more than 100 people with non-life-threatening injuries, city officials said.

Dozens of emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal after the Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks inside the busy transportation hub at about 8:30 a.m. local time, the New York City Fire Department said.

The train failed to stop on time and struck a bumping block at a fairly low rate of speed, which caused it to derail, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a briefing at the crash site.

About 103 people were injured in the accident, the New York Fire Department said in a Twitter message. Earlier Deputy Assistant Chief Dan Donoghue said at the briefing that 11 people had to go to the hospital.

The derailment, which severely damaged the train's front two cars, was the second major accident involving New York City's commuter railroads in the past three months.

In late September, a New Jersey Transit train crashed into a terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, killing one woman and injuring 114 people, including the engineer.

Cuomo, who has made infrastructure improvements a centerpiece of his agenda, said Wednesday's incident was minor in comparison. The most serious injury in the crash was a broken leg, he said.

"There was an extensive damage in Hoboken," Cuomo said. "That train was coming in much faster, did much more damage."

In Brooklyn, police and firefighters, some holding stretchers, were entering the terminal as emergency vehicles blocked traffic.

Commuters, meanwhile, described a frightening and chaotic scene on social media.

"People flying everywhere," Serena Janae, who said she was a passenger on the derailed train, wrote on Facebook.

The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were sending investigators to the scene.

Atlantic Terminal, which also connects commuters to nine city subway lines, is one of New York's busiest stations.

Officials said crews were working to restore service at the terminal by the evening rush hour. (Additional reporting by Gina Cherelus and David Shepardson; Writing by Laila Kearney; Editing by Frank McGurty and Lisa Von Ahn)</s>BROOKLYN, New York: A New York City commuter train derailed at a Brooklyn terminal after ramming into a bumper during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, leaving more than 100 people with non-life-threatening injuries, city officials said.

Dozens of emergency crews swarmed Atlantic Terminal after the Long Island Railroad train went off the tracks inside the busy transportation hub at about 8:30 am local time, the New York City Fire Department said.

The train failed to stop on time and struck a bumping block at a fairly low rate of speed, which caused it to derail, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a briefing at the crash site.

About 103 people were injured in the accident, the New York Fire Department said in a Twitter message.

Earlier Deputy Assistant Chief Dan Donoghue said at the briefing that 11 people had to go to the hospital.

The derailment, which severely damaged the train’s front two cars, was the second major accident involving New York City’s commuter railroads in the past three months.

In late September, a New Jersey Transit train crashed into a terminal in Hoboken, New Jersey, killing one woman and injuring 114 people, including the engineer.

Cuomo, who has made infrastructure improvements a centerpiece of his agenda, said Wednesday’s incident was minor in comparison.

The most serious injury in the crash was a broken leg, he said. “There was an extensive damage in Hoboken,” Cuomo said. “That train was coming in much faster, did much more damage.”

In Brooklyn, police and firefighters, some holding stretchers, were entering the terminal as emergency vehicles blocked traffic.

NY commuter train derails in Brooklyn, more than 100 injured was posted in World of TheNews International - https://www.thenews.com.pk on January 05, 2017 and was last updated on January 05, 2017. This news story is related to Print/176893-NY-commuter-train-derails-in-Brooklyn-more-than-100-injured/ - breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. Permanent link to the news story "NY commuter train derails in Brooklyn, more than 100 injured" is https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/176893-NY-commuter-train-derails-in-Brooklyn-more-than-100-injured.</s>NEW YORK (ABC) – A Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuter train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, this morning.

The train apparently hit the platform or a bumper at a very low speed, according to New York’s Office of Emergency Management.

One passenger said she heard a big thump; she described the scene as total pandemonium, telling ABC station WABC in New York that passengers were falling on top of each other, screaming and crying.

Another woman told WABC she believed the train was traveling at a faster speed than usual right before the crash.

The incident happened on LIRR track 6 around 8:30 a.m. The terminal is located near the Barclays Center.

About 600 people were on the train, according to WABC.

This story is developing. Check back for more updates.</s>BROOKLYN, NY. (CBS News) – A New York commuter train derailed in Brooklyn on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

New York’s fire department said 76 people were injured and that none of the injuries were life-threatening.

The fire department said the train derailed around 8:20 a.m. during the busy morning rush.

“I was getting up from my seat, and there was a loud impact, and I flew forward and then flew backward,” a passenger named Amanda told CBS New York station WCBS-TV. “It was total chaos. There was smoke on the train, and we were sitting there in shock.”

Another passenger who said he was in the train’s first car told the station that the train seemed to be running at its usual speed when it suddenly jolted.

“I was sitting at the time, jumped out of my seat and then back down and up again,” the passenger named David told WCBS-TV. “The train jumped the end of the line and went right over the embankment and into a station office, and people who were standing up to exit the train all toppled on top of each other.”

The underground terminal is located near the Barclays Center, which is home to the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets and the NHL’s New York Islanders.</s>iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuter train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, New York, Wednesday morning.

The train apparently hit the platform or a bumper at a very low speed, according to New York’s Office of Emergency Management.

A female passenger told ABC station WABC-TV in New York she heard a big “boom” as the train was coming into the terminal.

Another woman told WABC she believed the train was traveling at a faster speed than usual right before the crash.

The incident happened on LIRR track 6 around 8:30 a.m. The terminal is located near the Barclays Center.</s>A Long Island Rail Road train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at the height of Wednesday's morning rush, injuring more than 100 people and riddling the track area with shattered glass and debris.

Officials say 103 people were hurt when the six-car train from Far Rockaway struck the bumping block at the terminal's track 6 around 8:30 a.m. The train went up and over the block; the impact knocked the wheels of the first car and one other axle off the rails, MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast said at the scene.

"Obviously the train is supposed to stop short of the bumping block," Prendergast, who days ago announced his intent to retire in the upcoming weeks, said. "It did not do that."

The train was likely coming in at a fairly low rate of speed -- the posted speed limit on approach to the terminal is 5 mph, according to officials -- at the time of the crash, Gov. Cuomo said. Many riders were standing, prepared to get off, at the time of the derailment. Several passengers complained of neck and back injuries after the accident. Some people were carried away on stretchers; others were sitting outside the train holding ice packs to their heads.

Cuomo said it appears the worst injury is a possible broken leg.

"This is a relatively minor accident," Cuomo said. "Luckily ... all things considered, this was a relatively minor accident."

Mayor de Blasio was at an NYPD crime statistics briefing and did not appear at the crash site. About three hours after the crash, his office tweeted, "Our thoughts are w/ all aboard this morning’s LIRR derailment."

Raw Footage of LIRR Derailment Aftermath An LIRR train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at the height of Wednesday's morning rush, injuring more than 100 people and scattering debris on the platform. (Published Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017)

The National Transportation Safety Board says it will take several days of investigation before it can determine what caused a commuter train derailment in New York City.

An NTSB spokesman says the train's event recorders have been recovered. He says the train's engineer has undergone drug testing. Results of those tests aren't known yet.

Pictures on social media showed the train tipped slightly at an angle. The platform also appeared to be smoky as emergency personnel flooded the scene.

FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Daniel Donoghue said first responders faced a difficult task, with about 430 people packed on the derailed train.

“When we got here a lot of people had fallen because the train actually went through the final bumper and went through a small room in the area at the end of the track," Donoghue said. "A rail actually pierced the bottom of the train, it was fortunate we didn’t have more severe injuries."

Aerial NYPD photos showed traffic at a virtual standstill outside the terminal all morning amid a massive emergency presence; buses that normally use the area were detoured. But at 11:36 a.m., LIRR tweeted that service was on or close to schedule in and out of Atlantic Terminal.

Raw Footage of LIRR Derailment Aftermath An LIRR train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at the height of Wednesday's morning rush, injuring more than 100 people and scattering debris on the platform. (Published Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017)

Passengers described the train pulling into the station, followed by a crash and a loud boom, after which the train's doors opened.

"We just heard this loud boom, and people were thrown," recounted passenger Aaron Neufeld.

"You're shocked, nobody knows what's going on," he said, adding that he saw a woman wailing on the floor as she bled from her face.

Lisa Jackson said, "Next thing I know, I hit my head and my back and I can't remember anything else."

The derailment comes about four months after an NJ Transit train crashed into the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey, killing a woman on the platform and injuring about 100 other people.

Cuomo said of the LIRR derailment Wednesday, "This is minor compared to what happened in Hoboken, but the same question: why did the engineer not stop the train?"

A preliminary federal report on the Hoboken crash said the five-car train accelerated from 8 to 21 mph — more than twice the speed limit — as it approached the end of the track Sept. 29, before the emergency brake was engaged in the final second. Engineer Thomas Gallagher, who later was found to be suffering from sleep apnea, told investigators he had no memory of the train speeding up. That investigation is ongoing.

Last year, the LIRR saw four derailments, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. In 2015, there were nine LIRR derailments, and there were three derailments in 2013 and 2014.</s>NEW YORK -- A transit train went through a bumper block and came off the track at a New York station during Wednesday's morning rush hour, the city's fire department said.

The train had come to the end of the line at the Atlantic Terminal Station, officials said, but crashed into a small room just beyond the end of the track. It is unclear how fast the train was going.

Two cars came off the track, and the bottom of one of those cars was pierced by a piece of the rail, said Dan Donoghue, a deputy assistant chief.

"It could have been quite a bit worse, without a doubt," Donoghue said. "We were fortunate. I don't believe there was anyone in the room (that was struck)."

He estimated that 600 to 700 people were on the train.

At least 103 people suffered injuries, the fire department said. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters the person with the most significant injury was a woman with a possible broken leg.

Cuomo described it as a "relatively minor" accident and said it "wasn't really a derailment."

The cause of the incident, on Long Island Rail Road Track 6 in Brooklyn, was not immediately clear. Fire officials deferred additional questions to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

MTA President Thomas Prendergast said there was some damage but said everything should be running smoothly by afternoon rush hour.

One witness, who only wanted to be identified as Sophie, saw the aftermath of the incident from the platform. She posted a photo of a mangled train door with a window busted.

"I went onto the platform because the train I needed to board was on the track on the other side of the platform," Sophie said.

"While on my train, I saw teams of firefighters and police rushing in to help. A few people were still on the train, and others who had gotten off were a little bruised but emotionally shaken," she said. "A few people were crying and calling their loved ones. Dozens were trying to take photos."

Federal Railroad Administration investigators are en route to the Brooklyn station, according to an agency spokesman.

In October, a Long Island Rail Road train derailment left 33 people injured. The first three carriages of the 12-car train derailed about half a mile east of the New Hyde Park station.

In that case, the train derailed after colliding with part of a work train running in the same direction on an adjacent track, Prendergast said.

A piece of equipment from the work train ended up "violating the clearance envelope of the other track," he said.
A commuter train from the Long Island Rail Road derails during the morning rush hour in Brooklyn, New York, injuring 103 people.