Maintenance vehicle strikes technicians in latest fatal incident on Metro
WASHINGTON - Two Metro workers were struck and killed by a maintenance vehicle along a track Tuesday, the latest in a string of fatalities since last year in the Washington area's transit system.
The men were on a track when they were hit a few blocks from the Rockville Metro Station, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Capt. Oscar Garcia said. One worker died at the scene and the other on the way to a hospital, Metro officials said.
Both men were automatic train technicians and the crash involved a large truck equipped to drive on the track when electricity is shut down, according to Metro spokeswoman Angela Gates. The agency said it would release the men's names after their families were notified.
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interesting that new york city has alot more miles of track and alot bigger system and they don't have these types of things happening regularly like dc does. Must be a metaphor for how things work or don't work over there!
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