New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority says two supervisors have been suspended while officials investigate a Harlem derailment that injured more than 30 people. Transit officials said previously that it appears the derailment was caused by an improperly secured piece of replacement rail that was stored on the tracks. Transit officials say it appears the derailment was caused by an improperly secured piece of replacement rail that was stored on the tracks. Transit officials say the derailment appears to have been caused by an improperly secured piece of replacement rail that was stored on the tracks. A subway train derailment in New York City that injured nearly three dozen people and sparked major delays is being blamed on human error, not a track defect. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials say a preliminary investigation indicates the Tuesday morning derailment in Harlem was caused by "an improperly secured piece of replacement rail" that was stored on the tracks during rail repairs. The derailment came after a winter and spring marked by mechanical failures, power outages and several episodes in which passengers were trapped on stuck trains for an hour or more.

 

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