Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 24, 2009

Bus operator dismissed

Operator involved in serious pedestrian accident

A Metrobus operator who struck a pedestrian on September 3 at Florida Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, NW, was terminated from her position as a bus operator on September 21. She was dismissed for failing to follow standard operating procedures.

The operator was placed on paid administrative leave following the accident, which is standard procedure. She had been a Metrobus operator since August 2000.


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News release issued at 2:38 pm, September 24, 2009.