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U.S. NEWS Saturday 25 March 2017
Snarled commute looms after passenger trains collide in NYC

riders to expect cancella- train.
tions and delays, especially Amtrak said all its 248 pas-
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. sengers got off safely. The
Service on NJ Transit’s Mid- Fire Department of New
town Direct Line will oper- York said no serious injuries
ate in and out of Hoboken. were reported.
NJ Transit tickets will be Penn Station is targeted for
cross-honored on PATH rail expansion under an ambi-
service, NY Waterway fer- tious, $20 billion-plus plan
ries and both NJ Transit and that also would build a new
private bus service from the tunnel under the Hudson
Port Authority Bus Terminal, River between New Jersey
Snyder said. and New York and make
The collision occurred at a other improvements to in-
spot just short of the plat- crease capacity.
forms where inbound eve- The existing 110-year-old
ning trains often pause to tunnel operates at peak
let outbound trains pass by capacity during rush-hour
due to track congestion. periods.
Passenger Jordan Geary Supporters of the project
posted on Twitter that the have expressed concern
impact blew out his win- that President Donald
Evening rush hour commuters walk to board their New Jersey Transit train at Penn Station, Friday, dow. Photos posted on Trump’s recently proposed
March 24, 2017, in New York. Commuters to both New Jersey and Long Island faced a difficult social media by several federal budget could de-
journey home Friday evening after two passenger trains clipped each other during the morning
rush at Penn Station, jolting riders and creating major travel disruptions, but causing no serious passengers showed dents, lay or derail it by chang-
injuries. scrapes and some twisted ing how federal grants are
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) metal on the side of one awarded. q
NEW YORK (AP) — Com- As it listed, it scraped the
muters to both New Jersey side of a New Jersey Transit
and Long Island faced a train that was coming into
difficult journey home Fri- the station, the busiest in
day evening after two pas- the U.S., officials said.
senger trains clipped each New Jersey Transit spokes-
other during the morning woman Nancy Snyder said
rush at Penn Station, jolting the agency would operate
riders and creating major limited outbound service
travel disruptions but caus- from New York on Friday
ing no serious injuries. evening because of re-
The accident involved an duced track capacity. Sny-
Amtrak Acela Express train der said NJ Transit won’t be
headed from Boston to able to use 11 of its regular
Washington that partially tracks and would instead
derailed as it slowly pulled share tracks with Amtrak
out of the station at around and the Long Island Rail
9 a.m. Road. The LIRR warned its

Ex-Penn State president Spanier
convicted over child-sex scandal

MARK SCOLFORO count.
Associated Press Spanier, 68, showed no
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — emotion when the verdict
Former Penn State Presi- was read after 13 hours of
dent Graham Spanier was deliberations. He could get
convicted Friday of hush- up to five years in prison. His
ing up child sexual abuse lawyer said he will appeal.
allegations in 2001 against The trial centered on how
Jerry Sandusky, whose ar- Spanier and two other
rest a decade later blew university administrators
up into a major scandal handled a complaint by
for the university and led to graduate coaching assis-
the firing of beloved foot- tant Mike McQueary, who
ball coach Joe Paterno. said he reported seeing
The jury found Spanier Sandusky sexually molest-
guilty of one misdemeanor ing a boy in a team shower
count of child endanger- in 2001. The three officials
ment over his handling of told Sandusky he could
a complaint against the not bring children onto
retired assistant football the campus anymore but
coach but acquitted him did not report the matter
of conspiracy and a sec- to police or child welfare
ond child endangerment authorities.q