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laura ingle joins us with the latest. laura? reporter: the engineer who told the head of his union he zoned out, just before the accident, reportedly working from the night shift to working early shift but had plenty of time to get sleep the night before sunday s deadly derailment. according to the union chief. according to published reports initially engineer william rockefeller told people that first came on the scene that the brakes failed as the it barreled into tight turn going three times the speed it should have been going. the leader of rail employees union, said rockefeller told him he tried to correct the mistake as soon as he realized what was happening. sometimes if a momentary nod or whatever that might be, how long it lasts, i can t answer that, only billy can, he caught himself but caught himself too late. he powered down, but the train in emergency, but that was six seconds prior to derailment. reporter: those comments landed trail union head in hot water. the nat

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