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New York: A Long Island Rail Road train derailed in Brooklyn during rush hour on Wednesday, injuring dozens of people and disrupting morning commutes around the city, authorities said.
The Fire Department said 76 people were injured, but media outlets reported the figure was more than 100.
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An injured passenger is taken from the scene. Photo: AP
The first car on the train derailed, an employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority who was at the scene said. The Long Island Rail Road is part of the authority.
The employee, who was not authorised to speak declined to be identified, said the train had come into the station and went past the area where it would normally stop. It hit the bumping block, a barrier meant to stop a train in an emergency.
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The employee said the impact with the block lifted the first car up off the rails.
"I saw people bleeding, a lot of leg injuries," an unidentified woman at the terminal told ABC News.
The woman said the train usually goes slowly when it reaches the terminal.
"I noticed it was going much faster than usual, and as I thought that, the crash happened," she said. "My face hit the seat in front of me. So did my knees."
Justin Bennett, a spokesman for the city's office of emergency management, said in a statement that derailment had caused traffic delays and road closures near the Brooklyn station, as well as the transit delays.
The Long Island Rail Road carries about 300,000 customers each day, according to its website.
The New York Times
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