The engineer of a Metolink passenger train that collided with a freight train last Friday near Los Angeles never applied the train’s brakes before the impact, according to authorities.  Tests conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed that the passenger train and the freight train were in each other’s view for four to five seconds before the crash.

The passenger train’s engineer, Robert Sanchez, was working a 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. split shift.  Sanchez slept during a 3 1/2 hour break and started working again at 2 p.m., officials said.  The crash occurred a few hours later, killing 25 people and injuring more than 135 others.

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