Lance Posted October 6, 2014 Share #1 Posted October 6, 2014 The engineer whose commuter rail train derailed in the Bronx last December — killing four — had been tracked speeding several times before the fateful accident, federal investigators said Friday.An analysis of data recorders that tracked train speed shows that William Rockefeller broke the limit on four out of six runs during the week before the Dec. 1 derailment, the National Transportation Safety Board said.Rockefeller, who was doing 82 mph on a 30 mph curve when the Metro-North Railroad train flew off the tracks, was also clocked doing 54 mph in a 30 mph zone. Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46Dover Posted October 6, 2014 Share #2 Posted October 6, 2014 Seems to me there should've been some red flags about this guy from jump.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biGC323232 Posted October 6, 2014 Share #3 Posted October 6, 2014 Seems to me there should've been some red flags about this guy from jump.... And they stiil put him in the control's of a train....SMH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted October 7, 2014 Share #4 Posted October 7, 2014 Why did it take so long for supervision to realize he had been speeding? THis should have been caught and addressed after the second time (if not the first) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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