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Andrew Cuomo called for a "full investigation into the collision," which also forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 passengers and crew on the two trains. One customer reported hearing the conductor yell "Brake, brake," and then saw flames. The westbound train was carrying approximately 800 passengers, while the eastbound train had about 100 aboard. The front two cars of the westbound train came off the rails in the crash, and one end of the train struck the north side of the platform, crushing about 30 yards of concrete. That same witness reported that the vehicle in question was involved in a fender bender moments earlier and may have been trying to flee that scene. The car was then struck again by a faster-moving westbound train.Ī witness said the gates were down with lights flashing at the time, and the driver went around them. Police say an eastbound train that had just pulled away from the Westbury station struck the car at 7:20 p.m. Three men were killed when two Long Island Rail Road trains going in opposite directions struck the vehicle as it was on the tracks Tuesday evening.Īuthorities say the deadly crash was caused when the driver of the car bypassed lowered crossing gates and drove onto the tracks at the School Street crossing. WESTBURY, Long Island (WABC) - A witness told police that the driver who caused a deadly crash by trying to go around a lowered railroad gate on Long Island was fleeing the scene of an earlier crash, a police official said. The Associated Press contributed to this report.Jim Dolan has the latest on the LIRR collision that killed three men in Westbury. Warnke said that while detectives have not established any motive or determined whether Salgado worked with any accomplices, he believes the suspect was driven by money and colluded with someone else. Salgado was previously convicted of first-degree robbery with the use of a firearm in Merced County, as well as attempted false imprisonment and an attempt to prevent or dissuade a victim or witness. Relatives of Salgado contacted authorities reporting that he had admitted to them he was involved with the kidnapping, Warnke told KFSN-TV on Tuesday. The family members were taken from their business in Merced, a city of 86,000 people about 125 miles southeast of San Francisco in the San Joaquin Valley, California’s agricultural heartland. “There’s a special place in hell for this guy.” “There’s no words right now to describe the anger I feel and the senselessness of this incident,” Warnke said Wednesday night to reporters at the scene. Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke told KSEE that Salgado has been talking with officials. Police ‘believe’ body found by dive team that of Kiely Rodni