Metro-North train derails in the Bronx

Authorities say a Metro-North train has derailed in the Bronx, and multiple injuries are reported.

It happened at 7:20 Sunday morning at Palisades Avenue and Independence Avenue in the Spuyten Duyvel section.

Police say four cars are off the tracks and two flipped onto their side.

The train was the 5:54 a.m. out of Poughkeepsie due to arrive at Grand Central Station at 7:43 a.m. There is no word on how many people were on board at the time.

Firefighters, rescue workers and ambulances have responded to the scene, and some firefighters broke through windows to remove passengers from the train.

A number of passengers have been taken out on stretchers.

A passenger who was on the train, Frank Tatulli, told Eyewitness News he takes the train every Sunday morning, and that it was travelling at a higher rate of speed than it normally does. Tatulli said he got out of the train on his own, and suffered head and neck injuries.

The train came off the tracks just as it was coming around a sharp curve.