WCVB NewsCenter 5 At 1100 December 15, 2015
And he categorically denies he would do anything like that. It has been said it appeared he rigged a cord around the throttle and forgot to set emergency brakes before leaving a train to manually flip a switch to bypass signal problems. It could be mr. Vasquez deployed the brakes and they failed. Vasquez did not attend his disciplinary hearing today. His lawyer says he was following Doctors Orders to limit stress. He is having a very, very difficult time with the cushons as well as the incident itself. His lawyers say their probe should focus not only on the operator but also on aging equipmen...