09-10-2016 13:37 via wbrz.com

New York Governor: Trains side-swiped each other, causing derailment

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. - New York's governor says a work train and a commuter train "side-swiped" one another, causing a derailment that injured 33 people.Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Sunday it appears a train doing maintenance work somehow violated the clearance space of a Long Island Rail Road train.Both trains were traveling east when they collided just after 9 p.m. Saturday.Metropolitan Transit Authority Chairman Thomas Prendergast says seven employees and 26 customers were injured. He says four peop
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