{"id":37453,"date":"2014-11-03T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T15:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/metro-north-railroad-regulators-criticized-on-safety\/"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T15:48:42","slug":"metro-north-railroad-regulators-criticized-on-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/metro-north-railroad-regulators-criticized-on-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro-North, railroad regulators criticized on safety","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three senators and a top federal safety official delivered a blistering critique on Tuesday of the Metro-North Railroad and regulators in Washington for lapses in maintenance and oversight that led to five accidents that killed six people in less than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Christopher A. Hart, the acting chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, the group discussed findings on the probable causes of the accidents, including a derailment that left four commuters dead in the Bronx in December. In that crash, an engineer had dozed off, causing his train to career into a sharp curve at over 80 miles per hour, the safety board said.<\/p>\n<p>Read the complete story at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/29\/nyregion\/metro-north-and-railroad-regulators-are-criticized-on-safety.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three senators and a top federal safety official delivered a blistering critique on Tuesday of the Metro-North Railroad and regulators in Washington for lapses in maintenance and oversight that led to five accidents that killed six people in less than a year. Led by Christopher A. 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