NEW YORK (AP) -- The Metropolitan Transit Authority has identified the four people killed after a New York City commuter train derailed.

UPDATE: (8:30 PM) The MTA identified the victims Sunday as 54-year-old Donna L. Smith of Newburgh; 58-year-old James G. Lovell of Cold Spring; 59-year-old James M. Ferrari of Montrose; and 35-year-old Ahn Kisook of Queens.

Family members for Smith and Lovell didn't return messages seeking comment Sunday. Relatives for Ferrari and Kisook couldn't immediately be reached.

More than 60 others suffered injuries in the early morning crash.

Federal investigators plan to upright the Metro-North cars to check for any other possible victims Sunday night.

Officials say the accident is the second passenger train derailment in six months for Metro-North -- and the first passenger deaths in an accident in its nearly 31-year history.

UPDATE: (5:15 PM) Federal investigators say the cars from a derailed New York City train will be turned upright to check for any other possible victims.

The National Transportation Safety Board held a briefing Sunday afternoon to discuss the Metro-North derailment earlier in the day.

The train was rounding a riverside curve in the Bronx when it derailed, killing four people and injuring more than 60. A chain of toppled cars trailed off the track just inches from the water.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the track didn't appear to be faulty, leaving speed as a possible culprit for the crash.

Officials say Sunday's accident is the second passenger train derailment in six months for Metro-North -- and the first passenger death in an accident in its nearly 31-year history.

Amtrak has restored service between New York City and Albany, N.Y., after a fatal Metro-North derailment in the Bronx but says delays can be expected.

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Authorities say a Metro-North passenger train derailment in New York City has caused multiple fatalities and dozens of injuries.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders confirmed the fatalities in Sunday morning's crash in the Bronx but couldn't give a number. She says the big curve where the derailment occurred is in a slow speed area.

Anders says the black box should be able to tell how fast the train was traveling.

The crash happened near the Spuyten Duyvil station. The southbound Hudson Line train had left Poughkeepsie at 5:54 a.m. and was due to arrive at 7:43 a.m. at Grand Central Terminal.

The MTA says four or five cars on the seven-car train derailed about 100 yards north of the station on a curved section of the track.

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