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NTSB launches investigation into Metro derailment
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Friday afternoon it has launched an independent investigation into a Metrorail derailment in downtown Washington.
An NTSB spokesperson told The Hill that an investigator is on the scene and that the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority (WMATA), which operates Metrorail, is not involved in this specific inquiry.
The Washington Post is reporting that the derailment happened purposefully due to an automatic safety mechanism that triggered in order to avoid a collision between two trains.
The incident happened on a day when D.C. area commuters have already experienced trouble traveling to work in the wake of two massive snowstorms that recently hit the area.
Snow has piled up on
roadways, making it difficult to travel, and some Metro stations are
still shuttered due to snow accumulation on track beds.
The front wheels of the lead car came off the tracks, according to a WMATA statement issued this morning. The incident took place at 10:13 a.m.
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