"broke" 'braked'

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

interesting error, with "break" interfering with "brake" (reported to
me by Ned Deily):

NTSB: Train engineer didn't brake before crash
By DAISY NGUYEN, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

(09-16) 22:42 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --

The Metrolink engineer whose commuter train struck an oncoming freight
last week did not brake in the moments before the collision and was in
the midst of an 11 1/2-hour split shift when he ran the red light that
could have prevented the wreck.

The findings followed tests by the National Transportation Safety
Board that showed engineers from the two trains had only four to five
seconds to react to the sight of other train coming around the bend.
Investigators said the engineer from the Union Pacific freight broke
about two seconds before the collision, which killed 25 people and
injured more than 135 others on Friday afternoon.

[...]
.....

the story online has now been edited, with "broke" replaced by "used
his brakes":

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/16/national/a163546D75.DTL

arnold

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