Funeral Plans Set For 2 Metro-North Train Derailment Victims
Wake services for Jim Lovell will be held Thursday. Wake services for the second victim, James Ferrari, will be Wednesday.
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Wake services for Jim Lovell will be held Thursday. Wake services for the second victim, James Ferrari, will be Wednesday.
The focus has pointed increasingly to human error in the investigation into the deadly Metro-North train derailment in the Bronx, after a union officials said the engineer "nodded off" at the controls and "zoned out" before the accident.
Safety officials have championed what's known as positive train control technology for decades, but the railroad industry has sought to postpone having to install it because of the high cost and technological issues.
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The MTA identified the victims Sunday as Donna L. Smith, 54, of Newburgh; James G. Lovell, 58, of Cold Spring; James M. Ferrari, 59, of Montrose; and Ahn Kisook, 35, of Queens.
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Metro-North will conduct a test running trains on the rails this weekend as the final stage to ensure the repairs were successful.
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Metro North says trains will be operating at about 65 percent capacity beginning Wednesday with five additional peak trains. That's up from 50 percent since the disruption began.
The line the MTA was counting on failed just outside what was called the freeze pit.
Gov. Dan Malloy said Metro-North commuters can expect a "very reduced schedule'' on Monday compared with a normal peak period. Trains are expected to run at 50 percent capacity on the New Haven line.
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