Two counter trains collided with a car at a railway crossing in Westbury (long island, new York). The accident occurred last night, February 26. Strike one train derailed and crashed into a concrete platform.
According to preliminary information, killed all who was in the car, 3 people, 7 passengers were injured. Almost 1 thousand passengers were evacuated. The identity of the dead set.
3 Dead After Long Island Rail Road lines (LIRR) Train Strikes Truck On Tracks Near Westbury Station in New York pic.twitter.com/tr7aI0ShGZ @vitaxnewsroom
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According to the police Commissioner of Nassau County , Patrick Ryder, one of the trains, EN route to 200 passengers at Manhattan, he raced at full speed.
The President of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) Phillip ng said that all equipment at the crossing functioned properly, and the barrier was lowered, but the car drove around it in an attempt to cross the railroad tracks.
For 40 years this is the 5th incident at this crossing. In 2 cases, the train collided with the vehicle. In the rest of the train down the people ran way. In the near future in the framework of the project on expansion and modernization of the LIRR ground moving to Westbury plan to replace underground.
In 2017, the United States was 2 115 crossing accidents, which killed 271 people. The highest annual mortality rate over the last 10 years.
The Governor of new York Andrew Cuomo called for «a thorough investigation into the incident.»
