(Source: Hartford Courant, September 24, 2013)
HARTFORD, Conn. — The National Transportation Safety Board will hold two investigative hearings in October to examine two Metro-North railroad accidents earlier this year. On May 17th, more than 70 people were injured, five critically, when an eastbound Metro-North commuter train derailed near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line, colliding with a train heading in the opposite direction and causing millions of dollars in damage. On May 28th, a rail worker was struck and killed by a Metro-North passenger train in West Haven.
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