Train derails in New York; 2 deaths reported

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7. train operator said brakes didn't work??

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/nyregion/metro-north-derailment.html

Not much info; just says the operator said the brakes didn't work (according to an anonymous source).

A senior city official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the train operator had told emergency medical workers in the aftermath of the crash that the brakes had failed, but that the operator’s account had not been confirmed. At a news conference Sunday evening, Earl F. Weener of the National Transportation Safety Board said its investigators had yet to interview the operator of the train, who was among those injured, or the rest of the train crew.