Before the catastrophe in Hoboken, the train doubled its speed

As a result of the crash in Hoboken, 1 people died, 100 suffered. Photo: Twitter

The NJ Transit train sharply increased speed a moment before the disaster at Hoboken. This was reported by experts investigating the disaster. Their words are reported by the Wall Street Journal. According to experts, at the entrance to the station, the train was traveling at a speed of 12 km per hour. As the newspaper notes, the maximum allowable at this site is the speed in 16 km per hour.

A minute before the accident, the train began to sharply accelerate, accelerated to 33 km per hour. As specify the sources of the publication, the driver pressed the brake only 1 a second before the collision. To avoid a crash was no longer possible, the squad crashed into the station building. Some terminal structures collapsed. One woman died, another 100 man suffered.

Meanwhile, on the eve of the leadership of NJ Transit заявилоthat intends to change the rules of movement of trains and to ensure that the conductor was in the driver's cab while driving. He will have to observe what is happening and will be able to prevent such an emergency. As noted, during the crash in Hoboken, the conductor was in the middle of the train and could not prevent the collision.

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