Passenger train crashes into a SUV near New York City – 6 killed

#metronorthrailroad #valhalla #JeepCherokee A passenger train crashed into a sport utility vehicle SUV that was stuck on the tracks leaving 6 persons dead and injuring another 12 – 5 of the dead were passengers in the train and the sixth was the driver of the SUV as reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 4 February 2015.
As per reports of Metro-North Railroad, the northbound train struck a Jeep Cherokee at a railroad crossing in Valhalla, about 32-Km north of New York City. It seems the railroad track gates had come down on top of the SUV, which was stopped on the tracks. The driver came out of the vehicle to look at the rear and, when she got back in and drove forward she was struck.
The train shoved the SUV about 10 train car lengths north, resulting the SUV and the front of the train catching fire. The train had left Grand Central Terminal about 45 minutes earlier.
Metro-North, formed in 1983, is America’s second-busiest railroad, after the Long Island Rail Road and it serves nearly 280,000 riders daily in New York and Connecticut.