"The video shows the N-Judah train as passengers are boarding at Carl and Cole streets, in Cole Valley, before entering the Sunset Tunnel. The operator is seen with her head resting on her arms, hunched over the dashboard as people board. When she sits up to again operate the train, she appears somewhat alert, and navigates the curve into the tunnel at an appropriate speed the speed reading on the camera shows her entering the tunnel at 6 miles per hour."
"The train was in the operator's, not a computer's, control while above-ground, and failed to slow down in order to come to a stop at Noe Street proceeding into a dangerous S-curve and onto Duboce Avenue at full speed before coming to a stop just shy of Sanchez Street. As the train emerges into the light and is about to take that S-curve, the operator appears to awaken and immediately try to slow the train down."
An N-Judah Muni train operator appears to have fallen asleep during a crowded morning commute, causing the train to accelerate uncontrolled through the Sunset Tunnel. Onboard camera footage shows the operator hunched over the dashboard while passengers boarded, then entering the tunnel at six miles per hour before the train accelerated to about fifty miles per hour. The operator is seen with eyes closed and head nodding in the tunnel, then attempting to brake only after the train emerges and approaches an S-curve. The train failed to stop at Noe Street and nearly collided on Duboce Avenue before stopping near Sanchez Street.
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