A passenger train has derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, prompting a major emergency services response amid US media reports of at least four deaths.

Five of the Metro-North train’s seven carriages came off the tracks, New York’s transport authority said.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said the derailment had occurred near Spuyten Duyvil station.

Hudson Line services had been suspended, it added.

The train was the 05:54 from Poughkeepsie, due to arrive at Grand Central Station at 07:43, ABC News said.

The Fire Department of New York says the derailment occurred at 07:20, causing “multiple injuries”, and that 130 firefighters were on the scene.

Earlier reports from the scene said carriages had gone into a nearby body of water, but the MTA has denied this.

Eyewitness Edwin Valero told the Associated Press that at least one carriage had ended up a few feet from the edge.

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