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    1. Safety & Security

    NY: Feds: Sleep Apnea Testing Could Have Prevented NJ TRANSIT, LIRR Crashes

    Feb. 7, 2018
    A lack of required testing for a pernicious sleep disorder was the primary cause of a NJ TRANSIT crash and a Long Island Rail Road crash, federal investigators concluded in a report Tuesday.

    Source CBS New York

    A lack of required testing for a pernicious sleep disorder was the primary cause of a NJ TRANSIT crash and a Long Island Rail Road crash, federal investigators concluded in a report Tuesday.

    The crashes involved a NJ TRANSIT train at the Hoboken Terminal in September 2016 and a LIRR train at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn in January 2017.

    NTSB member Dr. Nicholas Webster said the engineers of both trains suffered from extreme sleep apnea, 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported.

    The NTSB blamed NJ TRANSIT and the LIRR for not having required testing in place.

    Read the complete article at http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/02/06/ntsb-nj-transit-lirr-crashes-causes/