Both an LIRR engineer and a civilian face reckless endangerment charges after the engineer, Ronald Cabrera, allegedly let the rider, William Kutsch, operate the train July 2.
And since Kutsch apparently would not get enough of a kick out of driving a typical Long Island Railroad train, Cabrera let him drive the 500-pound double-decker.
Both men, who surrendered to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department on Wednesday, have been charged with reckless endangerment in the second degree, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. Mr. Cabrera has also been charged with official misconduct, also a misdemeanor. The two men were to be arraigned later Wednesday, in Hempstead.
The two men created “a substantial risk of serious physical injury” to those on the train and in the communities around the tracks, the charges state.
Kutsch allegedly drove from Hicksville to Hunter’s Point, reaching 80 miles an hour and passing through several car and pedestrian crossings.
If the engineer was in the cab and paying attention to what was going on, there was very little danger. But I heard rumors that the engineer left the rider alone in the cab at the controls for a while, which is an entirely different matter. Do you have any further information about this?
REALLY? That two year old boy from Indonesia who smokes forty cigarettes is INSANE. Someone needs to kick his folks a few times, or just launch them into the nearest large body of water. I saw the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TOtoVEJSTU