by Chi Ibe

The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo has just confirmed that four people are dead in the Bronx, New York today.

The deaths occurred as a train derailed in the area. 63 people are also wounded.

The Metro-North passenger went off the track in the Bronx borough. Of eight train cars, at least six were off the tracks. This is not the first time a collision will occurred on the same line. In May, two passenger trains colluded during rush hour in Connecticut.

According to CNN, tracking today’s tragedy:

Firefighters and emergency rescuers swarmed the scene, where at least two train cars had flipped on their sides. One car was just feet away from the Harlem River.

 

At least two of the dead appeared to have been ejected from the train, a source familiar with the investigation and rescue told CNN.

 

Police divers were in the water hours after the crash searching for survivors, CNN affiliate WABC reported.

 

The train came off the tracks just as it was coming around a sharp curve shortly after 7 a.m., fire officials told CNN affiliate WCBS.

 

A law enforcement official on the scene and familiar with the investigation said the train operator told investigators he applied brakes to the train, but it didn’t slow down.

 

Passenger Frank Tatulli told WABC he thought the train was traveling “a lot faster” than usual.

 

He escaped a derailed car on his own and suffered head and neck injuries, he said. Other passengers were still on the train, he told WABC.

 

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

 

Federal authorities are still investigating 

Service has been suspended on part of the Hudson Line, according to Metro-North, the train company.