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Previous july derail. where ten garbage freight cars flipped on their sides. >> we don't foe what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders. >>. >> reporter: this is the second derail. in month, this train derailed in bridge port, connecticut. it was hit by a westbound train. 76 people were injured. sunday's crash eerily similar from the train that killed in northwestern spain killing 79 passengers. in that crash the train was approaching a sharp turn. security video showed the shocking moment the train going more than twice the speed limit hurdled off the tracks...

With new details is anna kooiman. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. ntsb is on the scene, investigators around me actually at the moment. they say they'll be here for up to ten days. we should find out soon because they have recovered the black box which tells the speed of the train. did the conductor actually try to hit the brakes? we will find that information out. also at the center of the investigation is the bend in the tracks. the speed limit is 30 miles an hour for that area but just before it, it was 70 miles an hour. >> we don't know what the train speed was. we wi...

>> reporter: investigators will also be looking at the train speed. they expect to be out here for the next seven to ten days. obviously, service is disrupted on this part of metro north's hudson line this morning. buses are being brought in to help with the commute. >> no doubt. thousands and thousands of people will have their commute disrupted this morning but the focus is on this accident and what caused it. alexander, any history of other problems on tracks anywhere near this location? >> reporter: we know, john, just 1,700 feet away in july a freight train derailed ten cars hauling garba...

>> by the time i looked up it was completely going off its track and there was the rubble flying at my face. >> reporter: only 1700 feet away from a previous july derailment where ten garbage freight cars flipped on their sides. >> we don't know what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders. >> reporter: this is the second passenger train derailment in six months for metro north. in may, an eastbound train derailed in bridgeport, connecticut, and was hit by a westbound train. 76 people were injured. sunday's crash eerily similar to the train that derailed in spa...

Anything they need. when they are finished with their investigation we will proceed accordingly. thank you. >> the name of the operator? >> governor --. >> governor --. >> the questions are still being shouted at the news conference with governor cuomo. did i hear another question? >> the curve speed limit is 30 miles per hour at that curve. there is a 70 miles per hour zone just ahead of it, a 75 zone ahead of that. we do not know what the train speed was. we will learn that from the vehicle event recorders. incidentally, we have recovered the event roared off the cab car and downloaded the d...