Crack in Metro-North Tracks Repaired at Train Derailment
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The rails where a Metro-North Railroad train derailed May 17 in Connecticut had been repaired a month before the accident that snarled commuters and injured at least 75 people.
Maintenance records showed that a cracked rail was discovered in April at the spot where one train jumped the track and was struck by a second train on an adjacent rail in the city of Bridgeport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an e-mail statement.