Valhalla train crash

At  least six people lost their lives after a collision of a passenger train with two oncoming vehicles in White Plains, north of New York.

Five of the victims were on board the train, while one of the  SUV drivers has also been killed.

A Metro-North Railroad commuter train crashed into a car during rush hour in New York's Westchester County on Tuesday evening, killing at least seven people.

The collision left a dozen people injured and forced the evacuation of hundreds, the New York Times reports.