National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials said on Sunday one data recorder recovered so far from the New Jersey Transit commuter train that crashed in Hoboken, killing one and injuring more than 100, was not functioning on the day of the accident. Hoboken train crash: authorities question engineer and name victim Read moreOn Thursday, a commuter train smashed through a steel-and-concrete bumper and hurtled into the Hoboken station’s waiting area, killing a woman on the platform. NJ Transit has paid more than $500,000 to settle safety violations. The settlement payments include about $70,000 for more than a dozen safety violations in 2014 and 2015. There were 25 accidents in 2015 and 10 in the first seven months of 2016, but none caused injuries or death, federal data showed.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2016 21:22 UTC