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Long Island Rail Road service has been partially suspended in both directions between Babylon and Patchogue after a person was struck by a train.
An eastbound Hempstead-bound train consisting of 12 cars and carrying about 1,000 passengers left Pennsylvania Station at 6:09 p.m. [2] [3] Its first stop was to be Jamaica, but as it passed the Kew Gardens station, the train's engineer applied the air brakes to reduce speed to 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) in response to a "Go Slow" signal.
1950 Rockville Centre train crash, Rockville Centre, New York; 32 killed plus 100+ injured. This along with the Kew Gardens crash pushed LIRR ownership (PRR) to speed up modernization of the system [153] [154] 1950 Chicago streetcar crash, Chicago, Illinois; 34 killed plus 50 injured.
On February 17, 1950, two Long Island Rail Road trains collided on the Montauk Branch just west of Rockville Centre station in Rockville Centre, New York, killing 32 and injuring several dozen more. At the time, it was the deadliest collision in the railroad's history until the Kew Gardens train crash later that year.
According to the LIRR, train service has been suspended in both directions between Hicksville and Jamaica on the Ronkonkoma and Port Jefferson Branches due to the fire in Westbury.
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A large fire at a commercial waste facility continues to impact rail service on Long Island this morning.