If it wasn’t some kind of mechanical malfunction that engineer is in a world of hurt, it’s amazing to me more weren’t killed.
The locomotive’s brakes were not fully engaged until five seconds before the crash, said Earl Weener of the National Transportation Safety Board.
That was “very late in the game,” said Earl Weener of the National Transportation Safety Board.
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