The scene at Commerce Street in Valhalla where a Metro-North train collided with Ellen Brody's Mercedes-Benz SUV on Feb. 3, 2015, killing her and five male passengers of the northbound train. The crash remains under federal investigation by the NTSB.
In an ongoing effort to make the state's rail crossings safer, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has increased the points assigned to drivers found guilty of violating the rules governing such crossings from three points to five, officials said. State Assemblyman David Buchwald said in a statement that the point change comes as officials across the state continue to respond to the Metro-North train crash that claimed six lives and injured many more in Valhalla just over two years ago.
Mount Pleasant police stopped traffic Friday as MTA railroad crews fixed a crossing gate at the deadly Commerce Street crossing in Valhalla. It's been nearly two years since five Metro-North passengers and a motorist from Edgemont were killed there.
In this Feb. 4, 2015, file photo, a man wearing a Federal Railroad Administration vest looks over wreckage of a Metro-North Railroad train and an SUV, following a collision that killed five train passengers and the SUV's driver about 20 miles ... north of New York City in Valhalla, N.Y. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg leaves office Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after a two-year tenure as the nation's chief railroad regulator, championing safety and technology initiatives that remain a work in progress. FILE - In this May 12, 2015, file photo, emergency personnel work near the wreckage of a New York City-bound Amtrak train following a derailment that killed eight people in Philadelphia.
... a collision that killed five train passengers and the SUV's driver about 20 miles north of New York City in Valhalla, N.Y. Federal Railroad Administrator Sarah Feinberg leaves office Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after a two-year tenure as the nation's ...
State Sen. David Carlucci, whose just-signed law allows for a comprehensive review of rail crossings, appeared Thursday at the site of a deadly train-car collision in Valhalla. Under the new legislation, the state will, after taking stock of dangerous crossings and reviewing their traffic and pedestrian warning signals, be able to fix them, Carlucci said.
... were killed two years ago on Friday during the deadliest crash in Metro-North history at a railroad crossing in Valhalla. Assemblyman Tom Abinanti and state Sen. David Carlucci held a news conference last spring at the Commerce Street railroad ...
