Train Derails in New York; 4 Deaths Reported
 

Updated 9:37 AM EST, Sun December 1, 2013
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New York (CNN) -- A passenger train derailment in New York on Sunday morning killed at least four people and injured 40 others, two sources familiar with the investigation and rescue told CNN.

The Metro-North train derailed at Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, the New York Fire Department said.

About 100 firefighters responded to the scene.

At least two of the dead appeared to have been ejected from the train, one of the sources said.

Five passenger cars derailed in the accident, the New York Fire Department said.

The cars came off the track shortly after 7 a.m., fire officials told WCBS. They did not go into the Harlem River, which is beside the tracks, the station reported.

The derailment occurred near where a freight train derailed in July, WCBS reported. No one was injured in that accident.

Service was been suspended Sunday on part of the Hudson Line, Metro-North said on Twitter.

A passenger, Frank Tatulli, told WABC he thought the train was traveling faster than usual. He got out on his own, and suffered head and neck injuries, he said.

The train came off the tracks just as it was coming around a sharp curve.