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>>> NEW INFORMATION POURS IN
ABOUT THE DEADLY COMMUTER TRAIN
CRASH IN NEW YORK CITY.
THE WRECK KILLED FOUR PEOPLE, 67
PEOPLE ARE INJURED INCLUDING 11
WHO ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
CNN IS FOLLOWING THE STORY AND
STORIES PEOPLE ARE POSTING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND COVERAGE FROM
NEW YORK'S LOCAL MEDIA.
HE HAS AN ACCOUNT FROM ONE OF
THE PASSENGERS ON THE TRAIN, IS
THAT RIGHT?
>> WE'VE BEEN MONITORING AIR
CHECK FOR WABC, LOCAL AFFILIATE
IN NEW YORK.
THEY ALSO HAVE REPORTERS ON THE
SCENE.
THEY JUST INTERVIEWED A
PASSENGER WHO WAS ON THE FIRST
CAR OF THAT TRAIN.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE FIX PICS
THERE.
FIRST CAR LOWER LEFT-HAND
PORTION OF YOUR TV.
FRANK WAS ON THAT FIRST CAR.
HE SPOKE TO WABC A SHORT TIME
AGO AND TALKED ABOUT HOW FAST
THAT TRAIN WAS GOING WHEN IT
DERAILED.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> THE GUY WAS GOING FAST ON THE
TURNS AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHY
BECAUSE WE WERE MAKING GOOD TIME
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DERAIL ON
THE TURN.
>> WAS THERE ANY IMPACT OR DID
THE TRAIN JUST LEAVE THE TRACKS?
>> THERE WAS IMPACT.
>> I KNOW THERE WAS IMPACT WHEN
THE TRAIN LEFT.
FRANK, DID THE TRAIN HIT
ANYTHING ON THE TRACKS OR JUST
LEAVE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS GOING
TOO FAST?
>> IT LEFT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING
TOO FAST.
>> DO YOU TAKE THIS TRAIN OFTEN?
HAVE YOU BEEN ON THIS LINE
BEFORE?
>> I TAKE THIS TRAIN EVERY
SUNDAY MORNING.
>> YOU SAID IT SEEMED BY YOUR
JUDGMENT AND IT'S GOOD JUDGMENT
BECAUSE YOU TAKE THIS TRAIN
EVERY SUNDAY MORNING, YOU SAID
IT SEEMED LIKE THE TRAIN WAS
TRAVELING AT A FASTER RATE OF
SPEED THAN IT USUALLY DOES
COMING INTO THE STATION?
>> A LOT FASTER, YES.
>> A LOT FASTER.
OKAY.
WHEN IT LEFT THE TRACKS, FRANK,
ARE YOU IN ONE OF THE CARS THAT
WE CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE THAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS ON ITS
SIDE?
>> I WAS IN THE FIRST CAR.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ON OUR
SCREEN.
THE FIRST CAR ALMOST MADE IT
INTO THE WATER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE FROM
WHERE YOU ARE.
THAT TRAIN IS ALMOST IN THE