A MetroAccess Driver was charged with sexually assaulting a patron and a Metro bus caught on fire on the Beltway. Metro's problems abound.


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Bus and Train Accidents

9/10/2010
Robert V. Clark
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Metro Bus Fire, Sex Assault Allegations, Problems Abound!

It may seem like piling on, but Metro continues to have widely reported problems ever since the  deadly Fort Totten Metro train crash on June 22, 2009.

The latest contretemps  involves allegations that a MetroAccess driver sexually assaulted a disabled patron and the sudden bursting into flame of a Metrobus on the Beltway.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906640.html?hpid%3Dnewswell&sub=AR

The assault is the fourth this year involving allegations that MetroAccess drivers have attacked patrons. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/09/AR2010090906812.html?hpid=newswell

The bus fire has resulted in removal of 99 buses from the active fleet. The buses are 10-year-old, diesel Orions and will be taken out of service pending a repair. This would be more comforting if Metro officials had not acknowledged a fire two weeks ago in a newer model bus.

What's next?
 



While overall Maryland and the District of Columbia have very safe transportation systems the sheer number of people using them and the nature of the buses and trains utilized results in catastrophic injuries on a fairly routine basis.


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