NTSB: NJ TRANSIT Train Going Twice The Speed Limit Before Deadly Crash At Hoboken Terminal
Federal investigators revealed Thursday that a NJ TRANSIT train that crashed into Hoboken's terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact.
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Federal investigators revealed Thursday that a NJ TRANSIT train that crashed into Hoboken's terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact.
NJ TRANSIT has been blocking media access following the deadly train crash at the Hoboken terminal last week.
Crews are preparing to remove a NJ TRANSIT train from Hoboken Terminal, where it crashed a week ago killing 34-year-old Fabiola Bittar de Kroon and injuring more than 100 people, sources told CBS2.
NJ TRANSIT has released its service plan for Tuesday's commute.
Investigators haven't been able to extract a second data recorder, located in the cab control car in the front of the train, because it is under a collapsed section of the train station's roof.
NJ TRANSIT has released its service plan for Monday's commute following Thursday's deadly train crash in Hoboken.
One event recorder recovered so far from the NJ TRANSIT commuter train that crashed in Hoboken killing one and injuring more than 100 more was not functioning on the day of the crash, officials said Sunday.
Federal investigators said the crew is cooperating but they still are unable to get to the rail cars following the NJ TRANSIT train crash at the Hoboken terminal that left one woman dead and injured more than 100 people.
Chernetz puts NJ TRANSIT's woes smack dab on Gov. Chris Christie's doorstep. She said he's slashed state funds for the nation's third busiest commuter system by 90 percent in 11 years.
Fabiola Bittar de Kroon was the kind of person everyone loved, friends from her native Brazil said.
NJ TRANSIT'S rail service remains suspended in and out of Hoboken Friday, but the agency is expanding bus, rail and light rail service.
It happened around 8:45 a.m. Thursday as a NJ TRANSIT train was coming into the Hoboken station on track 5 from Spring Valley, New York on the Pascack Valley Line, the agency said.
Johnny Harris was on the train that struck the station Thursday morning, but he got off in Woodbridge just minutes before it made impact.
In the aftermath of the deadly NJ TRANSIT train crash, the community rallied together to provide comfort to first responders.
Moments after leaving the hospital, a passenger from the first car of the NJ TRANSIT train that slammed into a wall in the Hoboken station Thursday morning shares what he witnessed.
At least three people were killed and more than 100 injured when a NJ TRANSIT train crashed in Hoboken Thursday morning.
Christie said the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Railroad Adminstration will be investigating, along with law enforcement.
WFAN sportscaster John Minko was among those who witnessed Thursday morning's NJ TRANSIT train crash at the station in Hoboken and then ran for safety.
A NJ TRANSIT train struck a wall after entering the Lackawanna Station off of Hudson Place around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
A NJ Transit train has struck a wall after entering a station in Hoboken, police said Thursday.
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NJ TRANSIT has suspended rail service in on the Main/Bergen and Port Jervis lines both directions due to police activity near the Ridgewood station.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and NJ TRANSIT have issued a safety warning urging commuters against using or charging the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
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A 16-year-old boy was killed after he was hit Wednesday night by a Metro-North train going from Danbury to South Norwalk, police said.
Most of the Tri-State Area is under a heat advisory Thursday and Friday, with downpours bringing the risk of flash flooding.
New York City and parts of New Jersey were under a flood watch due to downpours and strong storms Monday.
Stormy weather will return to the New York City area on Monday, bringing the threat of heavy rain and storms that may lead to flash flooding.
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