NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE COMMUTER TRAIN COLLISION NEAR BOSTON

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Title: NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE COMMUTER TRAIN COLLISION NEAR BOSTON

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

May 28, 2008

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NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE COMMUTER TRAIN COLLISION
NEAR BOSTON

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The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a Go
Team to investigate the collision between two Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority commuter trains in Newton early
this evening.

NTSB Rail Investigator Wayne Workman will serve as
Investigator-in-Charge and lead the 7-member team. Board
Member Kitty Higgins will accompany the team and serve as
spokesman for the on-scene investigation. A press officer,
Peter Knudson, will also travel with the team.

Once the team arrives in Massachusetts, Knudson can be
reached on his cell phone at (202) 557-1350.
NTSB Press Office: (202) 314-6100

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