On December 1, 2013, a commuter train in New York derailed close to the Spuylen Duyvil Station located in the Bronx on Metro-North’s Hudson Line.

The derailment of the train, near the Harlem River caused some of the seven cars to tumble over; one car was left hanging inches from the water. The derailment left four passengers dead, with more than sixty passengers injured, according to New York authorities.

Officials say the train was speeding at 82 miles per hour (the speed limit is only 30 miles per hour) before reaching the track curve.  The operator of the Metro-North train that morning was identified by the New York Post as William Rockefeller who, according to the paper, told investigators that when he attempted to hit the brakes, they didn’t work.

The National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation of the derailment is still on-going while, as of last week, twenty-five people remain injured in local New York area hospitals.