Cause of Accident Remains Under Investigation BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (January 7, 2016) – Over 100 people were injuerd when a Long Island train crashed into the Atlantic Terminal, according to ABC News. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the train to crash. However, police are saying that they think sleep apnea may have played a role. Sleep apnea was responsible for another train accident that happened recently. Investigators are saying that the train’s engineer exhibited typical risk factors for sleep apnea. The site of the accident was chaotic. One person suffered a broken leg, but thankfully there do not appear to be any

AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE CRASH BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (January 7, 2016) –  More than 100 people were injured when a Long Island train traveling at a high rate of speed crashed into the Atlantic Terminal, according to ABC News. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the train accident, but they do suspect that sleep apnea may have played a role. They said that the 50-year-old engineer that was operating the train displayed risk factors for sleep apnea. If it is the case that sleep apnea was involved in this crash, it would be the third time since 2013 where the disease contributed to

SLEEP APNEA MAY BE TO BLAME FOR ACCIDENT BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (January 7, 2016) – More than 100 people were injured after a train crashed at the Atlantic Terminal station in Brooklyn, according to NBC News. The train that crashed in the accident was going more than twice the limit as it approached the station. Police are still working with investigators in order to determine exactly how the accident took place. Some have said that the engineer exhibited signs of sleep apnea. The crashed caused the trains passengers to suddenly lurch forward and left many of them with injuries. Most of the passengers were not

100 PEOPLE LEFT INJURED BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (January 7, 2016) – Authorities are investigation what caused a Long Island train crash, but there are already some suggestions that sleep apnea may have played a role. Sleep apnea can be a potentially very serious disease in which a person’s breathing starts and stops unexpectedly. This is the third time in 3 years that sleep apnea appears to have played a role in a train crash. In the last train crash a few months ago the engineers sleep apnea was diagnosed. The same thing appears to be true here. This event raises important safety concerns. What steps