The full story from 1010 WINS News.Four people were injured, two critically, when one car of a freight train apparently came loose and struck two vehicles in Queens Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Please note however that the preliminary story above indicates that this was a runaway freight car. However, I'm hearing radio reports that indicate that it was instead an LIRR Diesel switching engine that ran away from the yard, while the crew was positioning some cars. You will also note that in one of the pictures that I've linked to below, one can clearly see the "M" logo of the MTA on a switch engine. There is no MTA yard in this area and therefore that engine would have no business being there, unless it was indeed the runway.
This incident occured on the lower Montauk branch of the LIRR in Queens.
Pictures from News Channel 4.