Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during the evening rush hour, sending 60 people to hospital.

A wily young coyote led dozens of police on foot and in a helicopter on a chase through New York’s Central Park, at one point leaping over an eight-foot fence before finally being captured.

Thousands of commuters were left stranded in New York after a man got his hand stuck down a train toilet trying to retrieve his mobile phone.