Metro News Release

For immediate release: March 12, 2010

Train operator dismissed

Operator involved in Farragut North pocket track derailment on Feb. 12

A Metrorail train operator, who was involved in the pocket track derailment at the Farragut North Metrorail station on Feb. 12, was terminated on March 11 from her position as a train operator. 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 Metro employee since May 1976, and a rail operator since April 1999.


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News release issued at 2:21 pm, March 12, 2010.