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FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013, file photo, emergency personnel work the scene of a Metro-North passenger train derailment in the Bronx borough of New York. A published report says an engineer who fell asleep at the controls of a speeding train and caused the derailment that killed four people will receive a lifetime disability pension. The Journal News reports that William Rockefeller will receive $3,200 a month from Metro-North Railroad. Rockefeller was at the controls of a Metro-North train. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Engineer in NYC crash that killed 4 to get lifetime pension

Associated Press

File-This Dec. 2, 2013, file photo shows a backhoe clearing soil next to a derailed Metro-North train car, foreground, in the Bronx borough of New York. Federal regulators have reached their conclusions about what was behind the Metro-North derailment that killed four people in the Bronx. The National Transportation Safety Board says it will announce Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, the probable causes of the Dec. 1 derailment and four other Metro-North accidents. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Feds: Engineer’s sleepiness caused derailment

By Jim Fitzgerald - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 photo, Metro North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller is wheeled on a stretcher away from the area where the commuter train he was operating derailed, killing four people, in the Bronx borough of New York. The deadly derailment last year, in which the “dazed” engineer was found to have sleep apnea, has pushed the commuter railroad to look into establishing screening for the condition, which could include measuring operators’ necks and asking them and their spouses about snoring habits. A Metro-North spokesman confirmed the railroad that serves New York City’s northern suburbs is working with unions on sleep apnea screening, but he cautioned nothing has been decided.(AP Photo/Robert Stolarik, File)

Train derailment fuels sleep apnea screening talks

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2013 file photo, a Metro-North passenger train lays on it's side after derailing on a curved section of track in the Bronx borough of New York. Federal investigators say William Rockefeller, who was engineer on a New York commuter train that derailed last year, killing four people, has a serious sleep disorder. A medical document made available Monday April 7, 2014, by the National Transportation Safety Board says he has &quot;severe obstructive sleep apnea.&quot; The NTSB did not say whether the engineer's disorder contributed to the crash.( (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NY rail crash engineer had sleep woes, felt dazed

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

NY derailment caused $9 million in railroad damage

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

Passengers on a Metro-North train view ongoing repair work near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx borough of New York Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, where a fatal derailment disrupted service on the Hudson Line of the railroad Sunday, Dec. 1. The line was running at ninety eight percent capacity today, according to Metro-North. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

N.Y. train wreck could be case of highway hypnosis

By Jennifer Peltz and Sam Hananel - Associated Press

Cars from a Metro-North commuter train are scattered after the train derailed near the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx borough of New York on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Edwin Valero)

Angry NTSB ousts railroad union from N.Y. train crash site

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013, Metro North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller is wheeled on a stretcher away from the area where the commuter train he was operating derailed in the Bronx borough of New York. The National Transportation Safety Board reported Monday that the train Rockefeller was driving was going 82 mph around a 30-mph curve when it derailed killing four people and injuring more than 60. (AP Photo/Robert Stolarik)

N.Y. engineer fell into ‘hypnotic daze’ before train crash

By Jennifer Peltz and Jim Fitzgerald - Associated Press

A backhoe clears soil next to a derailed Metro-North commuter train car on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, in the Bronx borough of New York. In back is a car that had been derailed but was lifted back to the tracks. Federal authorities began righting the cars Monday morning as they started an exhaustive investigation into what caused the train to derail Sunday morning. (Associated Press)

Train operator said he jolted awake right before NYC derailment: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times