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Slideshow:First Look At Seattle's Mangled Monorail Trains
Monorail Driver Fired
POSTED: 7:47 am PST December 7,
2005
UPDATED: 7:48 am PST December 7,
2005
SEATTLE -- A monorail driver has been fired because of the crash that took both of Seattle's monorail trains out of commission.The driver of the Blue train, which was arriving at Westlake Center when it collided with the Red train, was fired Tuesday. The driver's name was not released."They have to do literally hundreds of trips back and forth, and while we have protocol to deal with this sort of thing, he just zoned out as far as we know. It was definitely a human mistake," said Stu Rolfe of Seattle Monorail Services.The driver of the Red train was suspended immediately following the Nov. 26 collision, but is now back on active status.It's unknown how long the mile-long monorail line will be out of service.
Previous Stories:
- November 30, 2005: Wrecked Monorail Trains Towed 5 Blocks
- November 29, 2005: Crews Separate Damaged Monorail Trains
- November 28, 2005: Monorail Crash Takes Toll On Business
- November 28, 2005: Driver Error Suspected In Seattle Monorail Crash
- November 28, 2005: Investigators Focusing On 3 Possible Causes Of Monorail Crash
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