Crime & Safety
Amtrak Suspends Service from New York to Boston 'Indefinitely' as Manhunt Continues
Police searched train in Norwalk; suspected 2nd bomber's vehicle recovered in Boston.
The following was written and reported by Harold F. Cobin, Ronald DaRosa and Michael Dinan.
Amtrak rail service has been suspended indefinitely between Boston and New York as authorities continue the search for bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
The trains are currently operating, however, between Washington DC and New York, Amtrak tweeted Friday.
Amtrak has a rail stop that goes through central Connecticut into Massachusetts, with stops in New Haven, Wallingford, Meriden, and Berlin.
Police in Norwalk boarded an Acela train Friday morning at the South Norwalk train station, hours after authorities in Boston—one terminus for the Amtrak line that runs through Norwalk—search for the second suspect in Monday's marathon bombing.
At about 10:30 a.m., Connecticut State Police retracted an alert that suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, may be driving a gray Honda CR-V, saying the vehicle had been recovered in Boston. "All calls regarding this case should be directed to Boston investigators," CT state police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said in a media release.
An Amtrak Acela train had been stopped in East Norwalk shortly before 9 a.m. Members of Norwalk Police Emergency Services walked through the train without locating the suspect. The train had previously stopped in Providence, RI, and New Haven and New London. An Acela train that originated in Boston at 6:05 a.m. had been scheduled to come through Norwalk around the time that police boarded the train.
MTA officials at 10:43 a.m. reported that upper New Haven Metro-North Railroad trains are operating on or close to schedule after seeing delays of up to 45 minutes earlier in the day due to the police activity.
The Hour reports that police after giving the all-clear in Norwalk headed for Darien train station.
Police are still conducting a massive manhunt of Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old Massachusetts resident wanted in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing on Monday.
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