Brooklyn train was speeding before crash: U.S. investigators

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Thu Jan 5, 2017 | 6:01pm EST

Brooklyn train was speeding before crash: U.S. investigators

By Joseph Ax | NEW YORK

The commuter train that crashed at a busy New York City terminal on Wednesday appeared to be traveling at more than twice the speed limit, and the operator has said he does not remember the moment of impact, federal investigators said on Thursday.

The speed limit for the Long Island Rail Road train was five miles per hour. "Right now, we believe the collision at the end of the track was over 10 miles an hour" when the train collided with a bumper at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn at 8:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Ted Turpin, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said.

The accident left more than 100 people with non-life-threatening injuries.

The engineer "does recall entering into the station and controlling the speed of the train," Turpin said at a news conference. "But then the next thing he realized was after the collision."

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[scscholar]

1. By calling 5 to 10 MPH twice the speed limit...

they're intentionally making it sound worse than it was. Fake news. It was only 5 MPH too fast.

[Johnathan146]

2. Its not fake news, it is a true statement

They have also said over 10 mph, the exact speed has not been determined yet.