Metro disciplines employees after train incident
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metro has removed an employee operating a train that nearly hit a team of inspectors from the job of train operator.
Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said a supervisor also was suspended without pay for a week because of the incident.
The incident near Alexandria's Braddock Road Station last month came days after Metro lifted a six-month ban on monitors' access to live tracks. Metro officials acknowledged the train that nearly hit the inspectors was traveling too fast.
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