Train, Car Collide in New York, Killing 7 People

Society » INCIDENTS | February 4, 2015, Wednesday // 09:55
Bulgaria: Train, Car Collide in New York, Killing 7 People A police officer works at the scene of a fatal train accident involving a Metro-North Railroad train and a vehicle on the tracks in Valhalla, New York, USA, 03 February 2015. Photo: EPA

A Metro-North Railroad commuter train crashed into a car during rush hour in New York's Westchester County on Tuesday evening, killing at least seven people.

The collision left a dozen people injured and forced the evacuation of hundreds, the New York Times reports.

The train hit a sport utility vehicle (SUV) at a crossing in Valhalla, killing the driver of the vehicle and six people on the train.

This it the deadliest crash in the history of Metro-North Railroad, which has been under intense scrutiny due to a series of incidents, which killed six people in less than a year.

Prior to Tuesday's incident, the bloodiest accident suffered by the company was a derailment in 2013, which left four people dead.

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