Train engineer isn't legally allowed to drive motor vehicles

NEW YORK (AP) — An engineer is operating trains along the nation's third-largest commuter railroad even though his driver's license has been suspended for 10 years because of a history of driving while intoxicated.

New Jersey Transit engineer Thomas Broschart's license was suspended in 2007 for a decade, and he has someone pick him up from work because he isn't legally allowed to drive a car, according to an investigation by WABC-TV in New York (http://7ny.tv/1NJoUA8).

"Federal law governing engineers sets forth specific regulations in dealing with DWI cases involving engineers and we are obligated to follow those Federal Railroad Administration rules," NJ Transit said in a statement Tuesday.