
The investigation indicates that the train derailed after traveling eastbound over a switch intended for a straight move that was in fact misaligned for a diverging route.
The investigation indicates that the train derailed after traveling eastbound over a switch intended for a straight move that was in fact misaligned for a diverging route.
During a press conference, the NTSB said the investigation will center around human performance, survival factors, and motor carrier factors, as well as rest area safety, bus occupant protection, potential driver fatigue, and medical fitness.
The accident occurred when a Long Island Rail Road train, on track three in multiple track territory, approached a five-member crew of roadway workers in the Queens Interlocking.
The Dec. 17 crash resulted in two fatalities and multiple injuries.
NTSB B-Roll of investigators processing the wreckage of the 1/5/2020 multi-vehicle crash in Mount Pleasant, Pa.
NTSB recommendations developed from investigation into five accidents that killed six people and injured 126 more.
The pedestrian’s impairment at the time of the crash, coupled with crossing outside a crosswalk, contributed to the crash.
One bus passenger was killed and nine people were injured when a transit shuttle bus was struck by a passenger car.
There were no injuries to the seven passengers and one attendant aboard the shuttle or to the driver of the truck.
The bill streamlines the investigative process when a train is involved in a crash with a motor vehicle.
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