Accident Is Latest Problem for Metro-North

A commuter train accident is the latest problem for Metro-North. Here is a look at some of the others:

• On March 10, 2014, a worker was killed by a train in Manhattan while trying to re-energize tracks that had been out of service for maintenance.

• On Dec. 1, 2013, a sleep-deprived engineer nodded off just before taking a 30 mph curve at 82 mph in the Bronx, causing a derailment that killed four people and injured more than 70. He had fallen asleep because of a severe, undiagnosed case of sleep apnea.

• On Sept. 25, 2013, a feeder cable in Mount Vernon failed, knocking out power for 12 days to the New Haven line, which carries 132,000 riders a day.

• On July 18, 2013, 10 train cars hauling garbage derailed in the Bronx.

• On May 28, 2013, a track foreman was struck and killed by a passenger train in West Haven, Conn. He had requested a track section be taken out of service for maintenance, and the section was placed back in service too soon by a student traffic controller.

• On May 17, 2013, a train derailed in Bridgeport and was struck by a train. The accident injured 76 people.

This article appeared in print on page 4 of the February 5th, 2015 edition of Hamodia.