FOX5NY reports that 103 people were injured when Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train 2817 derailed at the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, N.Y. at 8:20 a.m.
The first train car left the track, but no other cars seemed to have derailed. Approximately 600 passengers were on the train at the time of derailment.
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