A Metro communications technician who was hit by a train last week died Monday of his injuries.
John Moore, 44, of Arlington was struck by a train on the Blue Line near the Braddock Road stop about 10:40 a.m. Thursday when he opened a door from a vent shaft staircase onto the track bed, Metro said. Communication technicians use such stairs to access the sensors inside the tunnels.
Moore had been in critical condition since the incident. The transit agency is investigating.
It was the latest death for Metro after a deadly summer. Earlier, nine people were killed in a train crash, a track worker was killed by a piece of equipment and a contractor was electrocuted at a bus garage. – Kytja Weir
