Four die, dozens hurt as NYC train derails

A New York City commuter train derailed on a sharp bend yesterday, killing four people and injuring dozens more.

Some of the 100 to 150 passengers on the early morning Metro-North train from suburban Poughkeepsie to Manhattan were jolted awake at around 7.20am to screams and the sensation of their compartment rolling over on a bend where the Hudson and Harlem rivers meet in the Bronx.

When the motion stopped, four or five of the seven cars were off the rails.