Train crash driver: I nodded off

The driver whose speeding commuter train derailed along a curve, killing four people, nodded off at the controls before the crash, it has emerged.

Train crash driver: I nodded off

The driver whose speeding commuter train derailed along a curve, killing four people, nodded off at the controls before the crash, it has emerged.

William Rockefeller, 46, said he “basically nodded”, said Anthony Bottalico, leader of the rail employees union, and by the time he caught himself it was too late.

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