NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
January 17, 2008
NTSB TO HOLD BOARD MEETING ON TWO FATAL WASHINGTON, DC SUBWAY ACCIDENTS
Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public Board meeting on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 9:30 a.m., in its Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC.
The Safety Board investigated two fatal Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail accidents within six months of one another that involved wayside workers.
The two accidents on the agenda to be discussed are:
Accident #1:
* On Sunday, May 14, 2006, a southbound WMATA
Metrorail Red Line subway train struck and killed a
Metrorail employee as the train was about to enter
the Dupont Circle station in Washington, D. C.
The employee was an automatic train control system
mechanic who had been working with two other
mechanics at the interlocking just north of the
Dupont Circle station. All three mechanics had
moved between the two main tracks north of the
interlocking in order to stay clear of a northbound
train that was leaving the station. As the
southbound accident train was arriving, the other
two mechanics remained in the clear between the two
trains as they passed and were not injured.
Accident #2:
* On Thursday, November 30, 2006, a northbound WMATA
Metrorail Yellow Line subway train struck and
fatally injured two Metrorail employees who were
performing a routine walking inspection of main
track near the Eisenhower Avenue Metrorail station
in Alexandria, Virginia. The accident occurred as
the northbound train was traveling about 35 mph
along track normally used for southbound traffic.
Directions to the Board Room: Front door is located on Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D streets escalator, walk through shopping mall and at CVS store take the escalator down one level. The Board Room will be to the left.
A live and archived webcast of the proceedings will be
available on the Board's web site at www.ntsb.gov. Technical
support details are available under "Board Meetings." To
report any problems, please call (703) 993- 3100 and ask for
Webcast Technical Support.
Media Contact: Keith Holloway (202) 314-6100
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