Train Engineer’s Bad Eyes Blamed in Crash
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A diabetic engineer who hid an eye disease that made it hard to tell colors ran a red light and caused the 1996 crash of two New Jersey commuter trains that killed him and two others, a federal safety panel ruled. Engineer John DeCurtis could not tell he was running a stop signal, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The diabetes led to the deteriorating eye disease.
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