Federal officials on Tuesday released a report on the cause of the deadly Metro North train derailment late last year, and four other accidents.
The National Transportation Safety Board names operator William Rockefeller who fell asleep at the controls the cause of last year’s crash.
The train that derailed back in December was found to have been traveling at 82 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone when it derailed near Spuyten Duyvil.
Four people were killed, and more than 70 others were injured.
The NTSB finds Rockefeller fell asleep due to undiagnosed sleep apnea, combined with a drastic shift in his normal work schedule.
It says the railroad did not have a policy to screen operators for sleep disorders.
The report also makes mention of several other incidents on Metro North, finding that the railroad failed to adequately maintain equipment and infrastructure, emphasized on-time performance over safety, and did not implement the latest technology which could have helped prevent accidents.
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