Metro crash probe centers on sensor

Published June 24, 2009 4:00am ET



Federal investigators on Wednesday found “anomalies” in the Metro equipment that senses trains and transmits speed commands in the area of track near where Monday’s deadly crash occurred close to the Takoma station.

The 744-foot-long circuit was along a section of the Red Line repaired earlier this month, according to National Transportation Safety

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