NBC- 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.
NOW: Train Derailment @ the @LIRR Atlantic Terminal / F'bush Ave. Rescue Units on the scene. Minor injuries. Expect traffic/train delays pic.twitter.com/BemGpDzAEh
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) January 4, 2017
Fire officials say 76 people were hurt when the train plowed into track 6 at the terminal around 8:30 a.m.; all were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Pictures on social media showed the train tipped slightly at an angle. The platform also appeared to be smoky as emergency personnel flooded the scene. Photos from within the train showed seats toppled to the ground; splintered wood, fire extinguishers and other debris littered the floor.
I wonder who was called first 911, or a law firm?
“William Rockefeller gently eased the throttle forward, and the train glided out of the station. He was finally back in the driver’s seat, and this time, he was going to make the most of it…”
@cfm990 January 4, 2017 at 10:36 am
Wouldn’t you rather citizens take the initiative to better their lives, rather than calling government on to save them?
How about some of the geniuses indulging in the intellectual self-gratification of computer driven cars on public roads work instead on reliably automating commuter trains running on the same tracks and schedules every single day?
If Da Union has to have protected jobs, let them polish the computer screens.
de Blasio is now pushing for new train control ordinances in NYC.
> Trains will now be levied an additional 20% tax to discourage use, thereby protecting potential riders from accidents like today’s.
> Trains will be limited to a maximum of ten cars. “This will reduce casualties if a bitter right wing clinger of a car goes off the tracks.”
> Trains will be required to be made out of cardboard. “Metal cuts people. Knives are made of metal. Bullets are made of metal. Cardboard, not so much.”
Was it Russian Hackers again?
After WWI my grandfather worked almost 30 years for the LIRR. Didn’t pay much back then but it got him and grandma and my mom through the Depression.
Them trains are safe huh?
I trusted submarines for over 20 years
and then we hit a mountain. Fuck that.
Deepest I’ll go is a swimming pool now.