UpdatedWed, Dec 23, 2020 at 11:14 am ET
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The Hoboken Train Terminal, where a young mother was killed in a crash in 2016. Many have said that Positive Train Control might have prevented the tragedy. (Caren Lissner/Patch)
NEW JERSEY State officials announced Friday that NJ Transit has met the Dec. 31 deadline to fully install Positive Train Control. Some have said that the automated system meant to control a train s speed and thus reduce operator error might have prevented a tragedy on the rails in 2016.
On Sept. 29, 2016, a speeding NJ Transit train crashed into the end of the line at Hoboken terminal, causing debris to rain down and kill a young mother. The mother, Fabiola de Kroon, had just dropped her toddler daughter at day care in Hoboken and was about to commute to work in New York.