Seven Dead As New York Train Crash Into Jeep

                          At least seven people were killed when a crowded Metro-North commuter train hit a vehicle on the tracks north of White Plains, New York, Tuesday, sparking a fire that gutted the lead car of the train, officials said.

Among the dead were at least six passengers on the rush-hour train and the driver of a black Jeep Cherokee that was struck and pushed about 400 feet, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other officials said in a late-night news conference. Cuomo said the electrified third rail of the track buckled and pierced the front train car.

Cuomo called the accident a “truly ugly and brutal sight.”

“You have seven people who started out today going about their business who won’t be making it home tonight. It’s a reminder of how precious life is,” Cuomo said.

The National Transportation Safety Board launched a go-team to investigate the accident, which is the deadliest tragedy in the history of the railroad.