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Report: MTA worker in fatal train accident had sleep apnea

Officials have released new details surrounding the deadly Metro-North train derailment in December.  Newly released documents show the train's engineer, William Rockefeller, had severe sleep apnea.

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Apr 8, 2014, 11:46 AM

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