• NTSB Investigators Arrive in New York After Fiery Metro-North Crash Kills 6
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/HjTv5Vs.jpg?1[/img] [QUOTE]Federal accident investigators arrived in New York Wednesday to begin piecing together Tuesday night’s fiery Metro-North Railroad crash that [B]killed six people[/B] and injured more than a dozen in what officials say is [B]the commuter rail's deadliest accident in history.[/B] Five passengers on the train and the driver of an SUV were killed when the train slammed into the SUV, which was trapped between crossing gates in Valhalla, at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, 45 minutes after it left Grand Central with hundreds of commuters aboard. After the collision, the train burst into flames and pushed the SUV nearly 10 car lengths down the tracks before coming to a halt. The force of the impact also[B] caused the electrified third rail to come up and pierce part of the train.[/B] [...] Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino said that [B]all but one of the victims who were killed were burned beyond recognition and will have to be identified by dental records.[/B] [...] It may be a year before the NTSB issues its final report on the crash, Sumwalt said, but he added the agency may recommend some essential safety measures sooner based on preliminary findings.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Metro-North-Crash-SUV-Harlem-Line-Valhalla-Westchester-7-Dead-NTSB-Cuomo-Investigation-290763271.html[/url]
Killed 7* Six in board, plus driver Happened mere minutes away from my college. I wonder what the driver was doing on the crossing, though. Surely there was a warning, and it says the guard rails were on top of vehicle.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;47074294]Killed 7* Six in board, plus driver Happened mere minutes away from my college. I wonder what the driver was doing on the crossing, though. Surely there was a warning, and it says the guard rails were on top of vehicle.[/QUOTE] They lowered it. [QUOTE]Officials initially said six passengers aboard the train and the driver were killed, but the death toll was lowered to Wednesday morning to include five male passengers and the SUV driver, whom is believed to be a married mother, a law enforcement source told NBC 4 New York.[/QUOTE] Unless they've raised it again since the article was written.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;47074294]I wonder what the driver was doing on the crossing, though. Surely there was a warning, and it says the guard rails were on top of vehicle.[/QUOTE] Being an impatient idiot and trying to get across before the barriers went down by the sound of things.
[QUOTE=Rents;47074628]Being an impatient idiot and trying to get across before the barriers went down by the sound of things.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily. Could've been stop and go traffic and she got boxed in on the tracks, could've been unlucky and stalled on the tracks In stop and go, you aren't supposed to stop on the tracks, but I can imagine if all of traffic was flowing and suddenly piled on the brakes, she might've not had time to stop before the tracks.
[QUOTE=FordLord;47074817]Not necessarily. Could've been stop and go traffic and she got boxed in on the tracks, could've been unlucky and stalled on the tracks In stop and go, you aren't supposed to stop on the tracks, but I can imagine if all of traffic was flowing and suddenly piled on the brakes, she might've not had time to stop before the tracks.[/QUOTE] If this is where I think it is, stop and go traffic is very rare in the area, and at this time.
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;47075216]If this is where I think it is, stop and go traffic is very rare in the area, and at this time.[/QUOTE] Well we can't be completely sure until the investigation is finished, can we? [editline]4th February 2015[/editline] Damn, a year before the final report?...
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