NTSB INVESTIGATING LIGHT RAIL ACCIDENT IN SAN FRANCISCO

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Title: NTSB INVESTIGATING LIGHT RAIL ACCIDENT IN SAN FRANCISCO

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

July 19, 2009

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NTSB INVESTIGATING LIGHT RAIL ACCIDENT IN SAN FRANCISCO

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The National Transportation Safety Board has begun an
investigation into yesterday's transit system accident in
San Francisco that injured more than 40 people.

At 2:57 p.m. PDT on Saturday, July 18, 2009, a San Francisco
Municipal light rail vehicle struck the rear of another
light rail vehicle at the West Portal Station. "Given the
recent transit system accidents around the country, we are
especially concerned with what has happened here," said NTSB
Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker. "We are determined to find
the cause of this and the other transit accidents so that
the issues that our investigations turn up can be addressed,
leading to safer transit systems for our citizens."

Two Los Angeles-based investigators from the NTSB Office of
Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations
are responding to the scene. Ted Turpin is the Investigator-
in-Charge.

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NTSB Media Contact: Peter Knudson
peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx
(202) 314-6100

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