19 Injured in NYC Subway Derailment

Nineteen people were injured and hundreds had to be evacuated through the sidewalk when a New York City subway derailed in Queens on Friday morning, officials said.

Fifteen people sustained minor injuries and four were transported to area hospitals with potentially serious injuries, Fire Department spokeswoman Elisheva Zakheim said. It took about an hour to evacuate the rest of the passengers from the train, through emergency exits and up through the sidewalk.

The train derailed near Broadway and 60th Street in the Woodside area of Queens.

The cause of the derailment was not immediately clear. Calls to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority were not immediately returned.