Report: Inspector missed problem that caused derailment

Published October 20, 2008 4:00am ET



A June Metro train derailment was caused by a track inspector’s failure to notice a section of misaligned tracks between the Rosslyn and Court House Metro stations, officials said after an internal investigation into the incident.

The tracks had widened in that area because the fasteners that hold them down had loosened, officials said.

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