The fatal crash at the Metro-North on Tuesday left a total of seven people dead and 12 injured. When one of the victims did not come home or even call his wife, the latter decided to call the police in hopes of finding her husband alive.
The woman, who was not named by the authorities, had her hopes shattered when she found out of her husband's demise in the crash.
"She drove here by herself." Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino told the NY Daily News. "She obviously saw what happened last night, she didn't get a call, her husband didn't return home, so she then called the police and she was asked to bring the records in."
The woman was in shock after learning that her husband died in the crash. "We're all concerned about her well-being as well. It's obviously a very difficult time for her and for the other families," Astorino said about her.
The scene, according to the Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was full of twisted metal. He also said that it was "amazing" that others have survived the tragic accident.
"You have seven people who started out today to go about their business and aren't going to be making it home tonight," Cuomo said.
The tragic accident left six bodies charred and mangled, five of them were male who were on the train, and the other one a female, who was the driver of the Mercedes SUV. The bodies were brought to a Valhalla facility.
Relatives of those who died in the incident were asked to bring dental records of their loved ones for identification.
A National Transportation Safety Board Investigators team had surveyed the scene the next morning following the crash.
The team was able to recover dimensions and detailed measurements of the wreckage area. The team also took aerial and ground photos, according to sources. Investigations are still ongoing as to what led to the tragic collision.
"For reasons that are not precisely known at this time, for whatever reason, the Mercedes SUV was stopped on the tracks," Robert Sumwalt, a member of the NTSB team, said.
