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An Accident Waiting To Happen

by David Kurtz
07.27.10 | 8:38 am

In its meeting today on the June 2009 Metro rail crash that killed nine people, the National Transportation Safety Board is coming down hard on the DC transit system for persistent and systemic safety issues.

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