Metro-North Train Was Going 82 MPH in 30 MPH Curve When It Crashed: NTSB

NTSB: Metro-North train was going 80 mph before derailing

+NBC New York The Metro-North train that derailed in the Bronx on Sunday, tossing passengers out windows and sending cars sliding down a bank, was going 82 mph as it entered a curve where it should have been going 30 mph, investigators said.

Four people were killed and dozens more were injured when the first four cars of the seven-car train broke away as the train was about 100 yards north of the Spuyten Duyvil station.

*Read more: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Investigation-Metro-North-Derailment-Bronx-234049401.html*

The Metro-North train that derailed in the Bronx on Sunday, tossing passengers out windows and sending cars sliding down a bank, was going 82 mph around a curve where it should have been going 30…

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