Driver in fatal New York train crash 'zoned out' - union


  • World
  • Wednesday, 04 Dec 2013

The lead car in the Metro-North train derailment is pulled from the marsh in the Bronx borough of New York December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

By Chris Francescani , Mark Hosenball and Curtis Skinner

(Reuters) - The driver of a New York commuter train that derailed on Sunday, killing four people, told federal investigators he "zoned out" shortly before the crash, the driver's lalabourbor union leader said.

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