NJ: Train Engineer in Crash Had Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea

    Nov. 18, 2016
    The New Jersey Transit engineer involved in the fatal train crash in September was diagnosed post-accident with sleep apnea, according to his lawyer and an official with the National Transportation Safety Review Board.

    Source CNN

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    NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line train #1614 crashed at the New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Sept. 29, 2016, causing the damage shown in these photos.
    NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line train #1614 crashed at the New Jersey Transit Hoboken Terminal Sept. 29, 2016, causing the damage shown in these photos.

    The New Jersey Transit engineer involved in the fatal train crash in September was diagnosed post-accident with sleep apnea, according to his lawyer and an official with the National Transportation Safety Review Board.

    The engineer, Thomas Gallagher, was examined a week after the accident, but testing was delayed based on medication he received as a result of the crash, according to his attorney, Jack Arseneault.

    The diagnosis, which was provided to the NTSB on October 31, does not mean that the engineer fell asleep at the controls, and it doesn't mean the disorder had anything to do with the cause of the crash, the NTSB source said.

    Read the complete article at http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/us/njt-engineer-sleep-apnea/