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LIRR engineer accused of letting passenger drive train

A Long Island Rail Road engineer has been suspended without pay following accusations that he allowed a passenger to operate a train as it traveled west of Hicksville earlier this month and law enforcement authorities are investigating, officials said Thursday.

The engineer, whom MTA sources identified as Ronald Cabrera, allowed the passenger to operate the train during the portion of its...

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