By: Marshall Ramsey II, Worthy News U.S. Correspondent
Original article posted on www.lohud.com
(The text of the article at the website has changed since earlier this afternoon. Please use discretion when reading this article.)
6 dead, others hurt as Jeep, train collide in Valhalla
Matt Spillane, Khurram Saeed and James O'Rourke, The Journal News 8:07 a.m. EST February 4, 2015
Six people were killed and others were injured Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a Jeep on the tracks north of the train station.
VALHALLA -- Six people were killed Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a car just north of the train station, according to officials. At least 12 others were said to be injured in the crash.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the driver of the car - a woman who was outside of her vehicle when the crash occurred - and five people on board the train were among those killed. Officials later said that seven lives had been lost in total but revised that Wednesday morning.
The fiery scene began to unfold about 6:30 p.m. when the Harlem Line train out of Grand Central Terminal struck the black Jeep Cherokee at the narrow, two-lane Commerce Street crossing causing an explosion that engulfed both the car and the train.
"The gates came down on top of the vehicle, which was stopped on the tracks," Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said in a statement. "The driver got out to look at the rear of the car, then she got back in and drove forward and was struck."
Donovan said the force from the impact pushed the Cherokee about 10 train car lengths north of the crossing.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino reported on Twitter that the crash sent the electrified third rail into the first train car. "Pray for the deceased," he wrote.
Numerous police and fire departments responded for the "mass-casualty" incident.
At the scene late Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the cash a "truly ugly and brutal sight."
"When you look at the damage done, and the damage by the fire, it's actually amazing that not more people were hurt on that train," he said, crediting the work of first responders.
A driver stopped directly behind the Cherokee driver said he started to back up to give her room but instead she pulled forward.
Rick Hope told Fox 5 News the crossing signals were working properly at the Valhalla gate Tuesday. He said the gate was down and bells were ringing.
Hope said when the gate came down and struck the woman's car, she got out because she may have heard a bang. She looked a bit confused, he said.
He said she "kind of" wiggled the gate.
He said the car was at the track line when she pulled forward.
The tragedy left some commuters shaken. Devin Smith of Somers, was headed to Grand Central Wednesday morning form North White Plains with fellow commuter Claire Meenagh, also of Somers. Smith said the 5:44, the train involved, "is one of our trains home."
"It's definitely a little nerve-wracking," she said.
Donovan said the 5:44 p.m. northbound express train out of Grand Central Terminal had been expected to make its first stop at Chappaqua.
About 400 riders - the "walking wounded" and those who were unharmed - were evacuated through the rear train car and taken to The Cliffs at Valhalla, a nearby sports club. Mount Pleasant police Sgt. Michael McGuinn said the club was being used as a staging area to evaluate the injured and to transport others to a point where they could continue their trip.l
Ryan Cottrell, the gym's assistant director, said the mood inside the gym was quiet.
"We have hot food and all that good stuff, so everyone's fine," he said.
Bruno Maiolo of Ridgefield, Connecticut, was a passenger in the rear of the first train car.
Maiolo said he was on his iPhone when he heard a "big bang, jolt ... it was obvious that we hit something, and then we eventually came to a stop."
He said the car was heavily damaged, especially toward the front, and filled with smoke "pretty quick."
"There was smoke, there was fire, there (were) people on the ground and what we tried to do was open the back door -- it would not open -- and so we took the window, the emergency window, we ripped it out, we started getting people out ... helping people come down, because it was a big drop," Maiolo said.
He said they turned around and saw the Jeep in flames at the front.
"As people were getting off we were just moving away because it looked like it was just going to explode ... It was in flames (and) eventually it exploded."
(This is a planted statement. The use of the word just twice is designed to direct the reader away from the fact that Mr. Maiolo knew about the 'accident' in advance.)
Those who escaped were telling passengers in the second and third cars to evacuate, he said.
"I just feel guilty quite frankly that I got out and ... I don't think everyone did," he said.
(This is a statement designed to provoke sympathy from the listener and not bring thoughts of guilt to the speaker.)
Alex Bernier, 26, of Mahopac was aboard the train when the crash occurred and said he felt the jolt as the train came to an extremely abrupt stop.
"My first thought was that it was a signal error. There was a bit of confusion on the train. We all kind of shuffled to the back," he said. "People just started opening windows (to get out)."
Bernier said the conductor made an announcement moments later, informing the passengers that a passenger car had been struck.
(A passenger car is "a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers." This is a planted statement and contradicts news broadcasts stating that say the train hit the vehicle. Mr. Bernier and the conductor are lying.)
Buses were also being brought in to bridge the gap in service between North White Plains and Pleasantville. Normal train service was continuing between Grand Central and North White Plains, and shuttle trains were operating north of Pleasantville.
At the North White Plains train station, an orange-vested customer service representative directed people to a parking lot where she said buses would take them on to their final destination. Northbound trains, according to the video monitors at the station, were running 18 to 67 minutes behind schedule.
(This is a telling statement. The average reporter would not be so specific in reporting the delay times. These numbers were used for a specific purpose, which further suggests that the so-called 'accident' was a planned event.)
"For once, I'm glad I worked late," said Alfred Cottrell, a stock broker who was trying to get home to Chappaqua. "I could have been on that train."
(It is possible that Mr. Cottrell was working late, however given the fact that other statements were planted we should consider the possibility that Mr. Cottrell's statement is also planted, and if so, it means that Mr. Cottrell was involved in the cover-up.)
Frank Andrade, a 43-year-old plumbing fire protection engineer from South Salem, was returning home for the evening on the 6:10 p.m. train out of Grand Central when the trip began to slow near White Plains.
"They said there was an incident with a train and car at Commerce and that we would stay here for a while," he said.
Andrade said passengers aboard the 6:10 p.m. were initially irritated, but that the general attitude changed once word of the crash hit social media.
"That's when the people around me grew more concerned about what happened," he said. "It was a little bit of mass chaos in White Plains."
(No one makes the statement "a little bit of mass chaos." Either there is mass chaos or there is not. Mr. Andrade is a plant. He knew about the train wreck in advance and is a willing participant in the cover-up of it.)
Angela Murphy of Briarcliff went by the North White Plains station to pick up her husband, Dan, a stockbroker.
Murphy said, "He called me and said there was an announcement that the last stop would be in North White Plains."
She heard about the crash on the radio while she was en route to get him.
The Valhalla, Hawthorne, Elmsford and North White Plains fire departments responded to the scene. Police units form the MTA, Mount Pleasant and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety also responded. New York state troopers assisted with traffic control.
Thomas Prendergast, MTA chairman and chief executive officer, spoke alongside Cuomo late Tuesday and said the train was allowed to travel up to 60 mph in the area of the crash, but that officials had not yet determined its actual speed at the time of impact.
"There's an event recorder on the train, part of the investigation that the National Transportation Safety Board is going to do is make sure they gather all those facts and ascertain them before we actually come to any formal conclusions," Prendergast said.
(Before we actually come to any formal conclusions? Mr. Prendergast is stating that they already know what happened, but they are going to look at all the facts so they can run them through the spin machine in an effort to distort the truth in case people that can think should take a closer look at the official statements.)
The NTSB tweeted that a "go team" is heading toward Valhalla on Wednesday morning.
(This means the National Transportation Safety Board sweeper team is going to move in Wednesday morning, which is today, and clean up any incriminating evidence such as explosive devices planted on the train and/or the Jeep.)
Westchester County Police Commissioner George Longworth called the crash a "horrible tragedy.
"We've committed all of our resources to correcting any problems there might have been and to find out why this happened," he said. Longworth cautioned that it was way too soon to start making judgment calls about the cause.
(Why would Mr. Longworth use his resources to correct the problem/problems before finding out what problem/problems actually caused the wreck? The only answer is that Mr. Longworth already knows the cause of the wreck and is working to cover it up. His statement that it is "way too soon to start making judgment calls" about what caused the wreck is a disinformation statement and the sign of a guilty conscience.)
Above five hours before the crash, security consultant Peter Moreno heard on the police scanner that the railroad crossing gates at Virginia Road in North White Plains were not working properly. He tweeted the information "to let people know to be careful."
(This is definitely a disinformation statement. It does absolutely no good to talk about problems at a railroad crossing over a mile away, five hours earlier, as though the two might be connected. Mr. Moreno must have been aware of the accident at least five hours in advance and possibly sent out his tweet to signal a countdown of sorts to his co-conspirators.)
Source article: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/
UPDATE: The following link is an update to the above source article. Information contained in it confirms that the train wreck was staged.
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/#livevideoassetid=46987
Original article posted on www.lohud.com
(The text of the article at the website has changed since earlier this afternoon. Please use discretion when reading this article.)
6 dead, others hurt as Jeep, train collide in Valhalla
Matt Spillane, Khurram Saeed and James O'Rourke, The Journal News 8:07 a.m. EST February 4, 2015
Six people were killed and others were injured Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a Jeep on the tracks north of the train station.
VALHALLA -- Six people were killed Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a car just north of the train station, according to officials. At least 12 others were said to be injured in the crash.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the driver of the car - a woman who was outside of her vehicle when the crash occurred - and five people on board the train were among those killed. Officials later said that seven lives had been lost in total but revised that Wednesday morning.
The fiery scene began to unfold about 6:30 p.m. when the Harlem Line train out of Grand Central Terminal struck the black Jeep Cherokee at the narrow, two-lane Commerce Street crossing causing an explosion that engulfed both the car and the train.
"The gates came down on top of the vehicle, which was stopped on the tracks," Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said in a statement. "The driver got out to look at the rear of the car, then she got back in and drove forward and was struck."
Donovan said the force from the impact pushed the Cherokee about 10 train car lengths north of the crossing.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino reported on Twitter that the crash sent the electrified third rail into the first train car. "Pray for the deceased," he wrote.
Numerous police and fire departments responded for the "mass-casualty" incident.
At the scene late Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the cash a "truly ugly and brutal sight."
"When you look at the damage done, and the damage by the fire, it's actually amazing that not more people were hurt on that train," he said, crediting the work of first responders.
A driver stopped directly behind the Cherokee driver said he started to back up to give her room but instead she pulled forward.
Rick Hope told Fox 5 News the crossing signals were working properly at the Valhalla gate Tuesday. He said the gate was down and bells were ringing.
Hope said when the gate came down and struck the woman's car, she got out because she may have heard a bang. She looked a bit confused, he said.
He said she "kind of" wiggled the gate.
He said the car was at the track line when she pulled forward.
The tragedy left some commuters shaken. Devin Smith of Somers, was headed to Grand Central Wednesday morning form North White Plains with fellow commuter Claire Meenagh, also of Somers. Smith said the 5:44, the train involved, "is one of our trains home."
"It's definitely a little nerve-wracking," she said.
Donovan said the 5:44 p.m. northbound express train out of Grand Central Terminal had been expected to make its first stop at Chappaqua.
About 400 riders - the "walking wounded" and those who were unharmed - were evacuated through the rear train car and taken to The Cliffs at Valhalla, a nearby sports club. Mount Pleasant police Sgt. Michael McGuinn said the club was being used as a staging area to evaluate the injured and to transport others to a point where they could continue their trip.l
Ryan Cottrell, the gym's assistant director, said the mood inside the gym was quiet.
"We have hot food and all that good stuff, so everyone's fine," he said.
Bruno Maiolo of Ridgefield, Connecticut, was a passenger in the rear of the first train car.
Maiolo said he was on his iPhone when he heard a "big bang, jolt ... it was obvious that we hit something, and then we eventually came to a stop."
He said the car was heavily damaged, especially toward the front, and filled with smoke "pretty quick."
"There was smoke, there was fire, there (were) people on the ground and what we tried to do was open the back door -- it would not open -- and so we took the window, the emergency window, we ripped it out, we started getting people out ... helping people come down, because it was a big drop," Maiolo said.
He said they turned around and saw the Jeep in flames at the front.
"As people were getting off we were just moving away because it looked like it was just going to explode ... It was in flames (and) eventually it exploded."
(This is a planted statement. The use of the word just twice is designed to direct the reader away from the fact that Mr. Maiolo knew about the 'accident' in advance.)
Those who escaped were telling passengers in the second and third cars to evacuate, he said.
"I just feel guilty quite frankly that I got out and ... I don't think everyone did," he said.
(This is a statement designed to provoke sympathy from the listener and not bring thoughts of guilt to the speaker.)
Alex Bernier, 26, of Mahopac was aboard the train when the crash occurred and said he felt the jolt as the train came to an extremely abrupt stop.
"My first thought was that it was a signal error. There was a bit of confusion on the train. We all kind of shuffled to the back," he said. "People just started opening windows (to get out)."
Bernier said the conductor made an announcement moments later, informing the passengers that a passenger car had been struck.
(A passenger car is "a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers." This is a planted statement and contradicts news broadcasts stating that say the train hit the vehicle. Mr. Bernier and the conductor are lying.)
Buses were also being brought in to bridge the gap in service between North White Plains and Pleasantville. Normal train service was continuing between Grand Central and North White Plains, and shuttle trains were operating north of Pleasantville.
At the North White Plains train station, an orange-vested customer service representative directed people to a parking lot where she said buses would take them on to their final destination. Northbound trains, according to the video monitors at the station, were running 18 to 67 minutes behind schedule.
(This is a telling statement. The average reporter would not be so specific in reporting the delay times. These numbers were used for a specific purpose, which further suggests that the so-called 'accident' was a planned event.)
"For once, I'm glad I worked late," said Alfred Cottrell, a stock broker who was trying to get home to Chappaqua. "I could have been on that train."
(It is possible that Mr. Cottrell was working late, however given the fact that other statements were planted we should consider the possibility that Mr. Cottrell's statement is also planted, and if so, it means that Mr. Cottrell was involved in the cover-up.)
Frank Andrade, a 43-year-old plumbing fire protection engineer from South Salem, was returning home for the evening on the 6:10 p.m. train out of Grand Central when the trip began to slow near White Plains.
"They said there was an incident with a train and car at Commerce and that we would stay here for a while," he said.
Andrade said passengers aboard the 6:10 p.m. were initially irritated, but that the general attitude changed once word of the crash hit social media.
"That's when the people around me grew more concerned about what happened," he said. "It was a little bit of mass chaos in White Plains."
(No one makes the statement "a little bit of mass chaos." Either there is mass chaos or there is not. Mr. Andrade is a plant. He knew about the train wreck in advance and is a willing participant in the cover-up of it.)
Angela Murphy of Briarcliff went by the North White Plains station to pick up her husband, Dan, a stockbroker.
Murphy said, "He called me and said there was an announcement that the last stop would be in North White Plains."
She heard about the crash on the radio while she was en route to get him.
The Valhalla, Hawthorne, Elmsford and North White Plains fire departments responded to the scene. Police units form the MTA, Mount Pleasant and the Westchester County Department of Public Safety also responded. New York state troopers assisted with traffic control.
Thomas Prendergast, MTA chairman and chief executive officer, spoke alongside Cuomo late Tuesday and said the train was allowed to travel up to 60 mph in the area of the crash, but that officials had not yet determined its actual speed at the time of impact.
"There's an event recorder on the train, part of the investigation that the National Transportation Safety Board is going to do is make sure they gather all those facts and ascertain them before we actually come to any formal conclusions," Prendergast said.
(Before we actually come to any formal conclusions? Mr. Prendergast is stating that they already know what happened, but they are going to look at all the facts so they can run them through the spin machine in an effort to distort the truth in case people that can think should take a closer look at the official statements.)
The NTSB tweeted that a "go team" is heading toward Valhalla on Wednesday morning.
(This means the National Transportation Safety Board sweeper team is going to move in Wednesday morning, which is today, and clean up any incriminating evidence such as explosive devices planted on the train and/or the Jeep.)
Westchester County Police Commissioner George Longworth called the crash a "horrible tragedy.
"We've committed all of our resources to correcting any problems there might have been and to find out why this happened," he said. Longworth cautioned that it was way too soon to start making judgment calls about the cause.
(Why would Mr. Longworth use his resources to correct the problem/problems before finding out what problem/problems actually caused the wreck? The only answer is that Mr. Longworth already knows the cause of the wreck and is working to cover it up. His statement that it is "way too soon to start making judgment calls" about what caused the wreck is a disinformation statement and the sign of a guilty conscience.)
Above five hours before the crash, security consultant Peter Moreno heard on the police scanner that the railroad crossing gates at Virginia Road in North White Plains were not working properly. He tweeted the information "to let people know to be careful."
(This is definitely a disinformation statement. It does absolutely no good to talk about problems at a railroad crossing over a mile away, five hours earlier, as though the two might be connected. Mr. Moreno must have been aware of the accident at least five hours in advance and possibly sent out his tweet to signal a countdown of sorts to his co-conspirators.)
Source article: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/
UPDATE: The following link is an update to the above source article. Information contained in it confirms that the train wreck was staged.
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/02/03/train-car-collide-valhalla-mass-casualties/22822737/#livevideoassetid=46987
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