The suburban New York rail crossing where six people, including the husband of a former Berks County woman, died in a collision between a commuter train and an SUV had undergone a number of safety upgrades in recent years, but some planned work was never done.
Records obtained by The Associated Press show that in 2009, state officials set aside money to install a third set of flashing warning lights at the crossing. For reasons officials can't seem to explain, they were never put in.
It's unclear whether more lights would have prevented Tuesday's crash.
The wreck involved a motorist who stopped her SUV in the crossing.
That woman, identified as Ellen Brody, was killed, along with five passengers aboard the Metro-North train, including Joseph Nadol, an executive with New York-based JPMorgan.
Nadol, 42, was the husband of Berks County native Jennifer (Rearden) Nadol, a 1989 graduate of the former Mount Penn High School. The couple has three young sons.
A memorial service will be held for Nadol on Saturday at First Congregational Church in Chappaqua, New York.
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