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The neighborhood is surrounded by nature preserves where bear sightings are frequent. excessive speed is to blame for the deadly train derailment here in new york city. the ntsb determined the train was going 82 miles an hour when it entered a curve with the posted speed limit of 30 miles an hour. investigators say the train's emergency brakes were activated five seconds before it flew off the tracks. >> by the time i looked up, it was completely going o track and teas rubble frm rack flying at m >> when i heard about td, i gulped. sort of takes your breath away. >> investigators are examini...

>> and renee marsh joins me live now. the subpoenas that you mentioned for the engineer's phone records, can you expound on that a little bit? what are they asking for and have they issued the subpoenas? >> reporter: we know that they want those phone records because essentially what they want to know is was this person using their phone, were they distracted while the train was in operation? we know that the nypd as well as the bronx office are all investigating. if any charges are brought, the bronx d.a. will likely be the one to do it. and we know the ntsb is evaluating the train's brakes a...

It sort of takes your breath away. >> reporter: the engineer has told police i' played the brakes but they didn't work. but investigators say they are not aware of any problems with the brakes and they had worked at the nine stops before train crashed. along this stretch of the hudson line trains can run at 70 miles per hour. but they must slow dramatically down to 30 miles per hour as they make that left-hand turn. for whatever reason that didn't happen. the engineer was in the first car as all the cars came barreling off the tracks coming to rest within inches of the harlem river. seven cars...

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Going, but we still don't know why. just one day into the vase and a startling revelation. >> this is preliminary information from the event recorders, shows the train was traveling at approximately 82, as it went into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. >> reporter: speed caused the crash, but why was it going so fast? mechanical problem or human error? it's too early to tell. we do know 82 miles per hour is too fast for the approach which had a speed limit of 70. power to the engine was not cut, and brakes did not apply until seconds before the train came to a stop, far too late. >> we are not aware of...