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The only thing that we have is the train is overturned. there have been a number of checks according to fdny with anyone trapped beneath that. they have done that using heat sensor equipment. they don't have information that anyone is. the chiefs of department reported earlier that we believe that we have done a full search and we will not know exactly until the cars are fully removed if there's any other possibility. i don't believe there is at either the fire department but it's just a precaution and they are certainly here and they are going to remove those cars as soon as they can and i th...

Are going quickly and they say it's speedy devil. we can't say if speed is a factor. we know at this point according to our cnn source that train operator said he tried to apply the brakes and train didn't stop. that is to start off this investigation what we're told the operator of the train is saying. witnesses can't really tell us for sure right now whether or not that train was going fast or too fast. a question for ntsb on the way here to try to answer it. >> alexandra field on the scene for us. we'll keep in touch with you and get back to you when the situation warrants. new york governo...

Going back to the bronx now. four people dead when a commuter train goes off the tracks in new york city. officials say 67 people are injured including 11 who are in serious condition. seven cars of a metro north train traveling south along the hudson river came off the tracks. a law enforcement official on the scene and familiar with the investigation says the train operator who is among the injured told investigators he applied the brakes but the train didn't slow down. a white house official tells cnn that president obama has been briefed and the president's thoughts and prayers go out to e...

On a day like today would have been a pretty beautiful sort of ride along the river. it did not end that way. this train turning on its side early this morning. and really causing a horrible end to the holiday weekend so many people here. >> a bunch of facts in there. you have a curve and report that brakes did not work. so the question of course would be whether speed is a factor or whether the brakes on the train simply failed. anybody talking about that right now? >> reporter: when we see this out here, we want to know right away how and why. new york's governor was out here an hour ago. he...

46 were taken in for medical review. we have 67 people. those are all of the people we have accounted for. there are other people on the train, i'm sure, but as far as injuries, there are 67. most of those -- at least the majority were distributed to hospitals in the area in the bronx area. as far as anyone else, we have ntsb coming in in about a half hour. they will conduct an investigation to what occurred and fdny reported earlier they did a number of searches and they have not located anyone else injured from this incident. i think we have the numbers right now. we don't know finally until...