New York – NTSB: Cause Of Train Derailment In Brooklyn Not Expected For Days

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    An injured passenger from a derailed Long Island Rail Road commuter train is taken from the Atlantic Terminal, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Officials say around three dozen people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train either hit something or derailed as it arrived at the terminal. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)New York – The National Transportation Safety Board says it will take several days of investigation before it can determine what caused a commuter train derailment in New York City.

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    More than 100 people suffered minor injuries when a Long Island Rail Road train hit a bumping block at the end of a track at a Brooklyn station Wednesday morning.

    An NTSB spokesman says the train’s event recorders have been recovered. He says the train’s engineer has undergone drug testing. Results of those tests aren’t known yet.


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    7 years ago

    It will take several days to discover the cause. Because they have to do studies and analyze the data 100 times over . Silly incompetent government . Come on you know the cause . Just get on with it .