Bradley Beach, N.J. (NY Times) - A preliminary investigation into the death of a passenger on a New Jersey Transit train has found that an assistant conductor might not have been at her post, the railroad said yesterday. Her responsibility was to watch the platform, the railroad has said.The passenger, John D’Agostino, 49, died after being dragged nearly 50 feet as the train left the Bradley Beach station. The assistant conductor, with the conductor and the train’s engineer, were suspended with pay pending the outcome of drug and alcohol tests, said Dan Stessel, a spokesman for New Jersey Transit. Mr. D’Agostino was traveling on a replacement train after his train struck Joan Kelly, 22, of East Brunswick.
Source: NY Times
