Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
About 700 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City’s Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, MTA and Bridgeport officials said.
The train was hit by a train heading west from New Haven to Grand Central on an adjacent track, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said. Some cars on the second train also derailed as a result of the collision.
Amtrak, which uses the same rails, suspended service indefinitely between New York and Boston.
Investigators Friday night did not know what caused the first train to derail. The National Transportation Safety Board was sending a team to investigate.
The governor said that most people were not seriously hurt. Among those critically injured, he said, one’s injuries were “very critical.”
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