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At least six people were killed when a commuter train crashed into a car that was stalled on the rails outside New York City.
The driver of the car was killed when the train slammed into the vehicle around 6.30pm local time on Tuesday and five train passengers died after flames ripped through a carriage, NBC New York reported.

Metro-North, the train operator, confirmed that a Harlem Line train had struck a vehicle but did not immediately announce fatalities.
Authorities scrambled to help hundreds of shell-shocked passengers off the train, which had departed from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and passengers told NBC.

The collision occurred in Valhalla, just outside New York City.
Pictures posted on Twitter showed a blackened train car with its windows shattered.
Passenger Neil Rader was sitting in the middle, near the back of the train, when he felt a “small jolt”, he told NBC.
“It felt not even like a short stop, and then the train just completely stopped,” he said.
Frantic passengers had to evacuate by breaking glass on the doors to get out, said Rader, adding that he saw 50 to 60 ambulances at the scene.
“I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” he said.



Six people killed after train smashes into car and catches fire outside New York

Firefighters work the scene of a collision between a Metro-North Railroad passenger train and a vehicle in Valhalla, New York. Photo: AP

The carriage caught fire after smashing into the car that was apparently stuck on the tracks. Photo: AP

Passengers are helped off the train. Six died in the collision and ensuing fire. Photo: AP

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At least six people were killed when a commuter train crashed into a car that was stalled on the rails outside New York City.


Six people killed after train smashes into car and catches fire outside New York

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}At least six people were killed when a commuter train crashed into a car that was stalled on the rails outside New York City.

At least six people were killed when a commuter train crashed into a car that was stalled on the rails outside New York City.