A more than $182 million settlement has been reached with victims of a deadly 2015 collision between a train and an SUV at a suburban New York crossing.
Engineer William Rockefeller claims Metro-North should have equipped his train with a system that would have automatically applied the brakes when the train exceeded posted speed limits.
The safety upgrades are happening because of a boost in funding. The Federal Railroad Administration gave more than $5 million to the New York State Department of Transportation. Improvements are planned at dozens of Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road crossings.
A young woman from Westchester County was honored for her courage and quick action in the minutes after a deadly Metro-North train crash.
Senator David Carlucci and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti on Friday called on the New York State Senate to pass legislation that would require the State Department of Transportation to conduct a statewide study of level grade rail crossings.
Two families are filing a lawsuit against Metro-North after a crash in Westchester County that killed 6 people and injured dozens of others.