That's odd...
Actually it sounds like the law may not have required NJ Transit have all trains in compliance yet. So not all trains had the applicable overrides in place to prevent this.
Obviously information is flying all over the place, but it's a shame if this is true.
I was on the train, I work in Hoboken. Same train I take to work every morning, same time, sitting in the second to last car, like I always do.
As we were approaching the terminal I thought, "Hmm, the train is going a little faster than it should be at this point..."
As it hopped off the tracks, I immediately braced myself, and then was thrown into the seat in front of me pretty forcefully upon impact. Luckily, I am completely fine.
The doors opened, and we were able to get off the train onto the platform. I looked around to see if anyone on my car was injured. Some people had bloody noses, cuts to the face and arms, but everyone seemed to be mostly OK. Workers got us off the platform pretty quickly, and into the terminal waiting room. They were screaming to put phones away and keep it moving, so I went outside and walked to work. Took a little while to settle down, but I am obviously feeling very fortunate right now. An analyst on my team was in the front car and went to the hospital, but has been released and seems to be mostly OK, but texted me that his back is kind of hurting.
What really shook me wasn't the impact, but seeing people's reactions. Blood on faces, the floor, people holding cuts to stop the bleeding. Chaotic, but surreal and almost slow-motion at the same time.
I didn't take many pictures as I was more concerned about the people around me and getting out safely, but here they are:
http://imgur.com/a/zUXF0#eOOh9Fi
http://imgur.com/a/P149c#HKDd39G
Glad you are A-OK.
Did you notice the train speed up after it got through the yard? That's what I think most of us would like to know. Most said it seemed like it was a constant speed with no breaking after the yard, so I'm curious what your thoughts were.
A black box found in the wreckage of the Hoboken train that crashed last week was not working — and the engineer can’t recall any details about the accident, probers said Sunday.
Train accelerated from 8MPH to 21MPH as it was coming in.
http://nypost.com/2016/10/06/hoboken-train-accelerated-before-fatal-station-crash/
Engineer should be charged with murder IMO as I doubt the train cannot just magically go faster without someone pressing something.
I'm sure that whatever happened was either an accident or a mistake. The engineer did not speed up on purpose. Human error is not a crime.
The biggest culprit is that not enough money is going into improving the infastructure or upgrading the technology.
It absolutely can be. Negligence to is duty. Obviously it wouldn't be as bad a manslaughter charge though.
There's been nothing released to this point that suggests the engineer was negligent in any way. I don't really see the need to start yakking about criminal prosecution at this point. Sometimes you can try to do everything correctly, but things turn out horribly.
The worst thing about the whole situation is that there are systems that can be installed that prevent speeding. We don't have the will to protect ourselves with the latest safety equipment, so this is how we pay.
Well if he fell asleep, that is negligence.