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3 Killed, Train Derails When LIRR Trains Hit Vehicle on Tracks
Two Long Island Rail Road trains coming from opposite directions hit a vehicle at a crossing as the driver tried to get around the gates, killing three people inside the vehicle and derailing at least one of the trains, officials said.
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Blue Light Floods NYC Sky as Transformer Bursts Into Flames in Queens
A transformer fire in Queens sent an eerie blue light flooding the nighttime sky over NYC as electricity flickered in homes and LaGuardia was plunged into darkness. Con Edison says a brief electrical fire involving transformers broke out at the substation on 20th Avenue and 32nd Street in Astoria.
