The Journal News, White Plains, NY, 2/3:
6 dead, multiple injuries after Jeep, train collide in Valhalla
At least 6 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 — At least six people were killed Tuesday after a Metro-North commuter train struck a Jeep just north of the train station, officials said.
Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said the victims included the driver of the car, a woman who was outside of her vehicle when the crash occurred, and five people on board the train.
At least 12 others were injured, he said.
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 ignited both the car and the train.
"The gates came down on top of the vehicle, which was stopped on the tracks," he 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 stuck."
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