As many as sixty people were injured after a train derailed in Connecticut on Friday evening and hit an oncoming train heading to New York City.<br />According to reports, the two commuter Metro-North trains were travelling in opposite directions.<br />The eastbound train was travelling from New York to New Haven and was carrying around 300 passengers.<br />The other train was New York-bound coming from New Haven and was carrying about 400 passengers, NBC reported.<br />The accident occurred shortly after 6pm when the eastbound train headed to New Haven derailed and was hit by the westbound train.<br />According to a passenger, an entire compartment of one of the trains was ripped wide open, leaving passengers strewn in between both trains, Reuters reported. <br />A separate witness was cited by NBC saying a train window had to be smashed to allow passengers to escape.<br />The injury count could rise as hospitals officials have been told to prepare to receive up to 180 patients, according to a Reuters report.<br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS <br /><br />FOR MORE FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition <br /><br />FOR MORE FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv <br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS JP, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsJP <br /><br />FOR MORE APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AppleDailyEnglish <br /><br />CHECK OUT THE ODDBODS!<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/nxTomo
