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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a report detailing LIRR’s excessive work hours and the risk of worker fatigue

>> be advised we have multiple rescues in progress at this time. >> reporter: monday investigators continued examining the track, train cars in searching for video. metro north says this train did not have cameras on board. sundays derailment along the curve wasnt far from where this freight train derailed in july. the ntsb is investigating if theres a connection between the two, but new yorks governor doesnt -- >> trains negotiate the turn all day long, so its not about the turn. something else...

Typically the ntsb issuees a preliminary report about ten days after the event. but itll take about a year to rule of cause of the incident. >> what about the safety record? >> reporter: we do know there were incidents in this area as well as incidents in the past involving metro-north. we know a freight train derailed in july in the same vicinity as this incident that we are seeing today. so investigators, they did say that they are looking to see if there are any similarities there. also, in m...