LIRR Train Derails in Brooklyn; 76 People Hurt

A Long Island Rail Road train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at the height of Wednesday's morning rush, injuring more than six dozen people and riddling the track area with shattered glass and debris. Officials say 76 people were hurt when the 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. -- More...

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