A Far Rockaway-based Long Island Rail Road train crashed Wednesday morning at Atlantic Terminal in Downtown Brooklyn, leaving more than 100 people injured.
According to the New York City Fire Department, of the 103 people with reported injuries, none of them has life threatening wounds.
Eleven had to be removed by stretcher and the worst injury was a broken leg. Patients were triaged and characterized as "walking wounded," said the New York City Office of Emergency Management.
The train struck and went over the bumping block at the end of Track 6, then "went by it for a few feet," said New York Gov. Andrew Gov Cuomo at a news conference. "This was minor compared to Hoboken."
Sources told Eyewitness News that preliminary information is that the train was going too fast as it entered the station.
According to FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Daniel Donoghue, "one of the rails actually pierced the bottom of the train." He added, "We are fortunate we didn't have more serious injuries."
The train came to rest against a small room at the end of the track. "It actually hit that wall pretty hard," Donoghue said. "That room sustained quite a bit of damage."
1. "Any OKPs live on Long Island?" In response to Reply # 0
Not counting BK and QU, of course. Just seems like a place most OKPs would run from because it's not cool enough (myself included. The few times I've been I've been really bored).
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