NTSB -- UPDATE ON NTSB PUBLIC HEARING ON INVESTIGATION INTO JUNE 2009 FATAL COLLISION OF TWO METRORAIL TRAINS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

February 17, 2010

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UPDATE ON NTSB PUBLIC HEARING ON INVESTIGATION INTO JUNE

2009 FATAL COLLISION OF TWO METRORAIL TRAINS IN WASHINGTON,

D.C.

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The National Transportation Safety Board today released

additional information about the Board's scheduled public

hearing as part of its ongoing investigation into the cause

of the collision of two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit

Authority (WMATA) Metrorail Red Line trains. The collision

occurred on June 22, 2009, between the Fort Totten and

Takoma stations in Washington, D.C. As a result of this

accident, there were nine fatalities and numerous injuries.

The three-day hearing will convene at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday,

February 23, 2010, and is expected to conclude before the

close of business, Thursday, February 25. It will be held at

the NTSB's Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant

Plaza, S.W., Washington, D.C. The room is lighted for

television and a mult box is provided for sound.

The NTSB will also place a number of additional documents

into the public docket at the start of the hearing. The

public may view and download the docket contents on the NTSB

website under "Accident Dockets" at

http://www.ntsb.gov/dockets/foia_fri-dockets.htm.

The information being released is factual in nature and does

not provide analysis or the probable cause of the accident.

The docket will include investigative group reports,

interview transcripts, and other documents from the

investigation. In addition, docket items that will be used

as exhibits during the public hearing will be available on

the website under "Public Hearings".

Information from the hearing, which is part of the NTSB's

efforts to develop all appropriate facts for the

investigation, will cover a wide range of safety issues and

will be used by the NTSB to prepare the final report on the

accident, including safety recommendations aimed at

preventing similar accidents in the future.

A detailed agenda is posted on the Board's website at

http://ntsb.gov/events/2010/Washington-DC/agenda.htm.

The link for the hearing webcast will be found on the NTSB

public hearing schedule Web page at

http://www.ntsb.gov/events/hearing_sched.htm when it becomes

available. Technical support details are available under

"Board Meetings". To report any problems, please call 703-

993-3100 and ask for Webcast Technical Support.

Directions to the NTSB Board Room: Front door located on

Lower 10th Street, directly below L'Enfant Plaza. From

Metro, exit L'Enfant Plaza station at 9th and D Streets

escalator, walk through shopping mall, at the CVS store (on

the left), and take escalator (on the right) down one level.

The Board room will be to your left.

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Media contact:

Bridget Ann Serchak

202.314.6100

bridget.serchak@xxxxxxxx

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