Eleven of the injured are believed to be in a critical condition in hospital.

 

The Metro-North train's locomotive（火车头） and carriages derailed as the train went into a bend in the railway line near Spuyten Duyvil station.

 

At least one eyewitness¹ said the train - the 05:54 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Station - was travelling much faster than normal at the time.

 

None of the carriages went into the adjacent Hudson or Harlem rivers - although pictures from the scene suggest this nearly happened.

 

The train appeared to be going "a lot faster'' than normal as it approached the bend coming into the station, passenger Frank Tatulli told WABC-TV.

 

Metropolitan² Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the bend where the derailment（脱轨） occurred was in a slow speed area, and that the train's "black box" recorder should be able to tell how fast the train was travelling.

 

Later on Sunday, federal investigators³ said the derailed carriages would be turned upright to check for any other possible victims.

 

National Transportation Safety Board official Earl Weener said his teams would be on site for several days documenting evidence.

 

"Our mission is not just to understand what happened but why it happened, with the intent of preventing it happening again," he said.

 

Joel Zaritsky had been travelling on the train to attend a dental convention in New York City.

 

"I was asleep and I woke up when the car started rolling several times," he told the Associated Press news agency.

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