Metro-North Trains Collide in Connecticut; Dozens of Injuries Are Reported [New York Times]



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Date: 18/05/2013

Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided after a derailment near Fairfield, Conn., at the height of the evening rush on Friday, injuring 60 people, 5 of them critically, and snarling transit corridors in the Northeast, the authorities said.


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Metro-North Trains Collide in Connecticut; Dozens of Injuries Are Reported

The trains crashed after a derailment near Fairfield on Friday evening, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and snarling transit corridors in the Northeast.

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