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DA: LIRR engineer, passenger 'unimaginably reckless'

LIRR engineer Ronald Cabrera is escorted after being

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | LIRR engineer Ronald Cabrera is escorted after being arrested. Officials said he let a passenger operate a Long Island Rail Road train. (Newsday Photo / Karen Wiles Stabile /Aug. 5, 2009)

A suspended Long Island Rail Road engineer and the passenger who authorities say he allowed to drive a 500-ton rush hour train for more than 24 miles committed an "unimaginably reckless" act that deserves severe consequences, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said Wednesday as both men pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges.

The engineer, Ronald Cabrera, 40, of Centereach, and...

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