(BOSTON) DEC 11 – OFFICIALS IN MASSACHUSETTS HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY TO ASSURE COMMUTERS AFTER AN INCIDENT THURSDAY MORNING IN WHICH A RED LINE TRAIN TRAVELED FOR NINE MINUTES WITH 50 PASSENGERS AND NO OPERATOR.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE:
A FINAL FACT-FINDING MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. OFFICIALS SAY THE OPERATOR, A 28-YEAR EMPLOYEE OF THE SYSTEM NOW ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, IS COOPERATING.
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TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY STEPHANIE POLLACK SAID BY CONTROL CENTER STAFF DOING WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO PROBLEMS DID NOT CASCADE FROM THE OPERATOR-LESS TRAIN TO SOMETHING MUCH WORSE.