All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Washington Post:
Five days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, a Metro crew replaced a key piece of equipment designed to prevent crashes, but the circuitry malfunctioned and no one at Metro detected the problem, investigators and transit officials said yesterday.
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AP:
Investigators are focusing on a stretch of track near the site of a deadly commuter train crash after finding abnormalities Wednesday in vital equipment that detects passing trains and transmits speed and stop commands.
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Washington Times:
The National Transportation Safety Board recommended three years ago that Metro replace or refurbish the type of train car involved in Monday's fatal crash - a suggestion that the District's heralded transit agency failed to aggressively follow.
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