NJ Transit train crash News

Family of NJ Train Crash Victim Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of a woman killed when a New Jersey Transit commuter train slammed into a station last year filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against the agency. Fabiola Bittar de Kroon’s family is seeking unspecified compensatory damages in …

State Lawmakers Focus on Errors, Drug Use in N.J. Transit Probe

New Jersey Transit has until Oct. 28 to disclose to lawmakers the agency’s progress on installing accident-prevention technology, release figures on substance-abuse-related accidents and detail penalties for violating federal rules. The directive came from a joint state legislative panel armed …

Lawmakers Want Feds to Give $10M to NJ Transit for Train Safety

Lawmakers from the New York and New Jersey region and beyond want the federal government to step in to help address safety concerns at New Jersey Transit in the wake of last month’s deadly train crash in Hoboken. New Jersey’s …

Fatal Crash Prompts First N.J. Transit Meeting in Months

New Jersey Transit’s board of directors will convene publicly Thursday for the first time in four months amid a federal safety investigation and calls by state lawmakers for subpoena power over the nation’s third-biggest mass-transportation provider. The agency’s eight-person board …

Federal Investigators Say NJ Transit Train Was Speeding When it Crashed

Federal investigators estimate a commuter train was traveling two to three times the 10 mph speed limit when it slammed into a New Jersey rail terminal last week, a U.S. official told The Associated Press Tuesday. The official, who was …

Train Engineer Can’t Recall New Jersey Crash

The engineer at the controls of the train that smashed into a commuter rail terminal, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, told federal investigators he was going only 10 mph as he approached the station but has …