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| Train derails in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Terminal, scores injured (VIDEO & IMAGES) | |
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| A train has derailed at a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train station in Brooklyn, New York reportedly injuring at least 70 people and damaging the station. | |
| Video from Atlantic Terminal shows the train having crashed into a door on the platform after coming off the line. The window is smashed and the structure twisted from the impact. | Video from Atlantic Terminal shows the train having crashed into a door on the platform after coming off the line. The window is smashed and the structure twisted from the impact. |
| Early reports said 20 people received minor injuries in the crash, however the FDNY tweeted that there were “76 non life-threatening injuries reported at scene of LIRR train derailment.” People were seen being taken from the station on stretchers. | |
| The train derailed from track six after hitting a bumper block upon its arrival at the station. The station quickly filled with smoke, officials told the NY Post. | |
| It had departed from Far Rockaway at 7:18am and arrived at Atlantic Station at 8:20am, nine minutes behind schedule. | |
| “We were standing and waiting to get off. One of the doors shattered and we all fell on top of each other,” one passenger told the NY Post. | |
| “The train hit the end and came off the tracks. There was a screeching and the station quickly filled with dust and smoke,” another eyewitness said. | |
| Images taken from inside the train show collapsed seats and debris. | Images taken from inside the train show collapsed seats and debris. |
| Video from the terminal shows rescue services at the scene. | Video from the terminal shows rescue services at the scene. |
| LIRR have advised commuters that there will be a delay to services. | LIRR have advised commuters that there will be a delay to services. |
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