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Lawsuits Filed in Deadly Mount Pleasant Metro-North Crash
The railroad and its engineer were included in the suits as defendants.
Families of two men killed in last year when a Metro-North train hit an SUV filed lawsuits this week.
They are blaming the deaths of Joseph Nadol, 42, of Ossining and Robert Dirks, 36 of Chappaqua on the poorly designed crossing and the engineer of the train, according to an article in the Journal News.
The defendants include Metro-North, the engineer Steven Smalls Jr., Westchester County and Mount Pleasant.
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Ellen Brody, the woman who was driving the SUV and was killed in the accident was not named in the suit, the Journal News said.
Six people were killed in the Feb. 3, 2015, accident.
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For the complete article, read the Journal News here.
Photo: Investigator surveying one of the cars from the February crash.
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