DC Metro train operator: Driver who died in other train saved lives by hitting brakes

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The rookie operator of a Washington, D.C., Metro train saved lives by applying an emergency brake moments before a collision with another train killed her and eight passengers, the other train’s operator said at her funeral Wednesday.

Operator of stopped DC Metro train tells mourners that driver in other train ’saved lives’

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The injured driver of a Washington, D.C., Metro train that was hit in a deadly crash is telling mourners in New York that the other train’s operator was a hero.

Mourners gather in NY to remember train operator killed in DC crash; being hailed as hero

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners are gathering in upstate New York to remember a Washington, D.C., train operator credited with saving lives in last week’s rail crash that killed her and eight passengers.