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 ā€œbasically noddedā€, said Anthony Bottalico, leader of the rail employees union, and by the time he caught himself it was too late.

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