This photo provided by Ian Samuel shows the scene of a train crash in Hoboken, N.J., on Sept. 29, 2016. A commuter train barreled into the New Jersey rail station during the Thursday morning rush hour, causing serious damage.
AP, Ian Samuel
The train slammed into the Hoboken terminal with the engineer slumped at the controls, according to witnesses, injuring scores. The speed limit for trains entering the rail yard at Hoboken is 10 mph, and it reduces to 5 mph near the platforms.
Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, said investigators will "absolutely" check whether the lack of automatic braking might have been a factor in the crash.
"We know that it can prevent accidents," she said. "Whether it is involved in this accident, that is definitely one of the things that we will look at carefully."
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