NY - Brooklyn - LIRR Train Derailment, Unknown Injuries

[Lauranyc83]

BREAKING: A train has just derailed in Brooklyn. There are an unknown number of injuries.

http://pix11.com/2017/01/04/lirr-train-derails-at-brooklyns-atlantic-terminal/

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[Lauranyc83]

BREAKING: Long Island Railroad (LIRR) train derailment at Atlantic terminal in Brooklyn along track 6. Several people are injured. Follow this link for updates as this breaking news story develops: http://www.fox5ny.com/news/226993545-story

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[Lauranyc83]

FROM: Notify NYC

LIRR train derailment: emergency personnel/traffic & transit delays/road closures near Atlantic Ave & Flatbush Ave, BK.

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[Blondie in Spokane]

Fox News reporting at least 18 injuries.

 

[JerseyGirl]

32 people were hurt when the train plowed into the terminal around 8:30 a.m.; all were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/n...LIRR-Train-Derails-in-Brooklyn-409638225.html

 

[CARIIS]

3 serious injuries

[FONT=&quot]The first car of the train apparently left the track but no other cars were reportedly affected. About 600 passengers were on the train

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]said some passengers were sent flying by the impact.

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]smoke in the station after the incident but there was not an active fire

[/FONT]Aren't these the same folks that just had a couple other recently??

fox

 

[JerseyGirl]

[/FONT][/COLOR]Aren't these the same folks that just had a couple other recently??

fox

Are you talking about the Hoboken accident a month or two ago? That was New Jersey Transit (NJT), this is the Long Island Railroad (LIRR).

 

[CARIIS]

fox

seems like the front car is the one that left the tracks all others on the rails

 

[CARIIS]

fox

seems like the front car is the one that left the tracks all others on the rails

Sounds like brake stuff - was slowing down but hit in the end block and derailed..

came up like 12 feet

abc

 

[CARIIS]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2534305/rush-hour-rail-road-derails-in-new-york/

Sounds like broken leg is most severe at this point

low speed impact

 

[CARIIS]

[FONT=&quot]New York City Fire Department said that the number of injured people in the train derailment in Brooklyn, New York has now been set to 76.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Read more: [/FONT]https://sputniknews.com/us/201701041049260770-brooklyn-train-derailment/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Fox - 103 injuries

 

[Tssiemer]

I've been on these trains when I visited NYC over thanksgiving. What causes a train derailment? Is it as simple as a rock on the tracks or does something catastrophic have to happen to the tracks?


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[CARIIS]

I've been on these trains when I visited NYC over thanksgiving. What causes a train derailment? Is it as simple as a rock on the tracks or does something catastrophic have to happen to the tracks?


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This one is not really a derailment. It was more like (if in a car ) hitting a wall in a parking lot at slow speed and your tire gets messed up.

It hit the bumper cause it did not stop so the first set of wheels (only one set in this one) lost contact with the rail.


Or a better way to put it would be the wheels coming off the track was not causation -( inability to stop was the cause of incident) and as a consequence of that-- one set of wheels are off the rails.

It is more like a crash --not really a derailment at all cause it happened after something else , if that makes sense??( More like not aligned any longer!)

moo

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'Human error likely to blame' for Long Island Rail Road train crash in Brooklyn that injured at least 100 passengers


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...robe-continues-exact-cause.html#ixzz4UtQgsejn

 

[CARIIS]

'Human error likely to blame' for Long Island Rail Road train crash in Brooklyn that injured at least 100 passengers


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...robe-continues-exact-cause.html#ixzz4UtQgsejn

In a way I think the railroad may be trying to avoid some maintenance issues, and liablity.

The brakes could have failed -- if your car brakes stop workin is it your "fault" that you hit something??

 

[Indy Anna]

LIRR Derailment Latest: Investigation Underway, Officials Could Be in Brooklyn a Week
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Brooklyn on Wednesday night.

By Marc Torrence (Patch National Staff) - January 5, 2017 9:05 am ET

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“While the injuries from this morning’s accident were limited in their severity, accidents that have involved LIRR trains over the past decade are troubling the Council and our fellow riders,” Epstein said in a statement.

http://patch.com/new-york/brooklyn/lirr-derailment-latest-investigation-underway-could-take-week

 

[Lauranyc83]

Investigators found the LIRR train was going over 10 mph in a 5 mph zone when it hit the bumper at the end of the track at Atlantic Terminal, causing a minor derailment.

http://pix11.com/2017/01/05/lirr-tr...tic-terminal-was-going-over-10-mph-ntsb-says/


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[Blondie in Spokane]

Sleep apnea possible cause

http://nypost.com/2017/01/05/train-engineer-unable-to-recall-lirr-crash/

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Engineer identified in LIRR train crash at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...ain-crash-atlantic-terminal-article-1.2938237