On Thursday, the State Police said that their investigation of the accident was ongoing and forwarded questions about the N.T.S.B.’s letter to Schoharie County officials. Ms. Mallery did not respond to requests for comment; her office said she was in meetings. In their more recent letter, federal officials seem exasperated by local intransigence, adding that their pleas repeatedly went unacknowledged. Shortly after the accident, Mr. Hussain’s son Nauman Hussain, the operator of the company, was charged with criminally negligent homicide. Because of that, Ms. Silbaugh said, federal authorities have allowed Schoharie County first access to the evidence.

Source: New York Times December 20, 2018 17:03 UTC