Metrorail operator arrested on suspicion of operating train while intoxicated
A Metrorail operator was arrested on Friday, December 23, 2022, on suspicion of operating a train while intoxicated (DWI), according to a public Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) document. The operator of the Blue Line train failed to stop at the Van Dorn Street Metro station platform and was unresponsive to Metro’s rail control center for about 45 minutes while the agency mounted a police and fire response to the train because they were unsure what was going on.
Blue Line train 406 was on its scheduled run, leaving Downtown Largo on time at 9:25 pm, and was set to arrive at Franconia-Springfield at 10:45 pm. The first outward sign of trouble was when the train operator failed to stop their train at Van Dorn Street and continued on towards Franconia-Springfield. The train then came to a halt outside of Van Dorn Street but before it reached Franconia-Springfield, according to Metro tracking website MetroHero and publicly-available Metro radio communications on OpenMHZ.
https://ggwash.org/view/87824/metrorail ... ntoxicated
So the multilayered ATO/ATC systems stopped the train but.....
A Metrorail operator was arrested on Friday, December 23, 2022, on suspicion of operating a train while intoxicated (DWI), according to a public Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD) document. The operator of the Blue Line train failed to stop at the Van Dorn Street Metro station platform and was unresponsive to Metro’s rail control center for about 45 minutes while the agency mounted a police and fire response to the train because they were unsure what was going on.
Blue Line train 406 was on its scheduled run, leaving Downtown Largo on time at 9:25 pm, and was set to arrive at Franconia-Springfield at 10:45 pm. The first outward sign of trouble was when the train operator failed to stop their train at Van Dorn Street and continued on towards Franconia-Springfield. The train then came to a halt outside of Van Dorn Street but before it reached Franconia-Springfield, according to Metro tracking website MetroHero and publicly-available Metro radio communications on OpenMHZ.
https://ggwash.org/view/87824/metrorail ... ntoxicated
So the multilayered ATO/ATC systems stopped the train but.....
