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Ex-LIRR Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney Ex-LIRR Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney
Ex-lirr Employee Admits Faking Report, Leading To Crash: US Attorney A man who worked for the Long Island Railroad has pleaded guilty for his role in a fake inspection report that ended up in a train derailment, officials announced. Stuart Conklin, age 66 of Magnolia, Texas, entered his guilty plea on Friday, Dec. 1 for submitting a false inspection report during his time as a LIRR worker, the US Attorney’s Eastern District of New York Office said. Conklin was working for the LIRR as a signalman at the time of the alleged crime. Among his duties was inspecting rail bonds – the electronic jumpers around railroad track joints that ensure signal currents are …

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13 Injured In LIRR Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up' 13 Injured In LIRR Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up'
13 Injured In Lirr Derailment, Service Disrupted: 'Everybody Got Pretty Shaken Up' Over a dozen people are injured after a Long Island Rail Road train derailed leaving New York City. The derailment happened at around 11:10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, as the eight-car train was traveling east of the Jamaica, Queens station at 175th Street and 93rd Avenue, according to MTA officials. “It appears to be all eight cars of the train derailed,” MTA Chairman Janno Lieber told reporters. Officials said 13 people were injured, two of them seriously. All of those injured were in stable condition and were expected to recover. It was not immediately clear what caused the derailment, tho…

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by Michael Mashburn