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13 Injured In LIRR Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up' 13 Injured In LIRR Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up'
13 Injured In Lirr Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up' Over a dozen people are injured after a Long Island Rail Road train derailed leaving New York City. The derailment happened at around 11:10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, as the eight-car train was traveling east of the Jamaica, Queens station at 175th Street and 93rd Avenue, according to MTA officials. “It appears to be all eight cars of the train derailed,” MTA Chairman Janno Lieber told reporters. Officials said 13 people were injured, two of them seriously. All of those injured were in stable condition and were expected to recover. It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment, tho…

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Bed Bugs Cause Rush-Hour Subway Delays In Queens, MTA Says Bed Bugs Cause Rush-Hour Subway Delays In Queens, MTA Says
Bed Bugs Cause Rush-Hour Subway Delays In Queens, MTA Says Bed bugs found in an MTA tower were to blame for subway delays during rush hour on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The bed bug sighting took place around 4:30 p.m., Wednesday by an employee at the Forest Hills 71st control tower in Queens, said the MTA. Following the finding, the tower was fumigated which resulted in the evacuation of tower staff until they could return safely around 7:30 p.m., said Andy Byford, MTA NYC Transit president. Due to the evacuation, service was impacted during this period as M and R trains had to be taken farther to turn around and some M and R trains were re-routed, …

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by Kathy Reakes