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Twelve days after a deadly Metro crash on the Red Line, federal investigators are trying to answer several key questions that will help determine whether the cause was systemic failure in an aging railroad or a "freak occurrence," as Metro officials claim.
WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board says Washington Metro workers overlooked a circuitry malfunction prior to a deadly June 22 railway crash.
Morning all. The WaPo editorial board handed a spanking today to the D.C. Council, calling ‘ill-advised’ attempts by Councilmembers Mary Cheh and Phil Mendelson to prevent broadcasts of Ronald Moten ’s ‘open deposition’ on the fishy fire truck.
Malfunction in key circuit to prevent crashes was missed Five days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, a Metro crew replaced a key piece of equipment designed to prevent rail crashes, but the circuitry malfunctioned and no one in the subway system detected the problem, investigators and transit officials said yesterday.
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