Cause of 2017’s collision was a failure to properly communicate that vehicles get stuck on the tracks.
The Dec.18, 2017 derailment of Amtrak train #501 killed three people and injured 62.
After crash in March, Uber has also shuttered its self-driving vehicle testing in Arizona.
In an MBTA Transit Police affidavit filed in Dorchester District Court, investigators said the driver told authorities he reached into his backpack to “take a quick peek” at his phone shortly before the Dec. 29 crash.
Investigators interviewed the engineer and the qualifying conductor, who were in the lead locomotive during the accident trip.
Officials have been unable to interview the engineer, or the other crew member who was in the lead locomotive, because of their injuries sustained in the crash, according to a preliminary report that was released.
At least three people were killed and about 100 were injured. Officials also report that PTC was not activated on the train.
In the letter, the agency's VP/GM, rail operations, detailed the losses: 93 non-union employees had retired from NJ Transit, or sought work elsewhere, between January 2014 and July 2016. Combined, their experience totaled 2,339 years.
The Inspector General’s office conducted an analysis of overall overtime earnings and found that certain track managers earned more than double their base salary in overtime, a pattern that was recurring over several years, prior to the SafeTrack initiative.
In a letter Gov. Cuomo and Gov. Christie said the train derailments and severe service disruptions at the century-old Manhattan rail hub have made clear “the need for a complete review of Amtrak’s infrastructure and maintenance protocols.”
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