Investigators’ focus: Why train on automatic control didn’t stop before DC crash that killed 9

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators were testing the automated controls for Washington D.C. transit trains Wednesday, hoping to figure out why the computerized system designed to prevent collisions failed in a deadly crash this week.

Investigators at scene of deadly train crash focus on possible computer system failure

WASHINGTON — Investigators looking into the deadly crash of two Metro transit trains focused Tuesday on why a computerized system failed to halt an oncoming train, even though there is evidence that the operator tried to slow it down.

Driver of DC Metro train in deadly crash loved her job, stretched herself thin helping others

WASHINGTON — Rookie Metro train operator Jeanice McMillan relished ferrying commuters and tourists around the nation’s capital, friends and relatives said Tuesday, a day after she died doing a job that they never considered dangerous.

NTSB: Emergency brake pushed down in subway train that crashed into another train

WASHINGTON — An emergency brake button was found depressed in the Metrorail train that crashed into another in Monday’s transit accident that killed nine people in the nation’s capital, federal safety officials said Tuesday. They also said the striking train was in automatic rather than manual control.

DC transit union leader says any comment on cause of train crash would be premature

WASHINGTON — The head of the transit workers’ union in the nation’s capital says any comments about the cause of a train accident that killed nine people would be premature and irresponsible.

5 DC metro crash victims identified; 4 were passengers, 1 was train operator

WASHINGTON — Officials are identifying five of the victims killed in a subway train crash in Washington, D.C.

NTSB: Train in DC crash that killed 9 should have been replaced because of safety concerns

WASHINGTON — An emergency brake button was found depressed in the Metrorail train that crashed into another in Monday’s transit accident that killed nine people in the nation’s capital, federal safety officials said Tuesday. They also said the striking train was in automatic rather than manual control.

Driver of DC Metro train that hit stopped train remembered as employee who was proud of job

SPRINGFIELD, Va. — The Metro train operator who was driving the cars that barreled into a stopped train is being remembered as an employee who was proud of her job.

NTSB: Train in crash was in group recommended for phaseout, but Metro didn’t replace it

WASHINGTON — The subway train that plowed into another stopped train, killing nine people and injuring scores of others in the nation’s capital, was part of an aging fleet that federal officials had sought to phase out because of safety concerns, an investigator said Tuesday.

NTSB Official: Better crash-worthiness standards needed for rail cars, 9 now dead in accident

WASHINGTON — Past accidents on the Washington-area subway system raised concerns about the safety commuter trains that were not addressed, said a federal official investigating the cause of a deadly rush-hour crash that killed seven people Monday.

Worst subway crash in Washington D.C. leads investigators to cast wide net in search of clues

WASHINGTON — The worst accident in 33-year history of Metrorail, Washington’s subway system, is under investigation by authorities trying to determine why a train plowed into the rear of another, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others.