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#21 CNJRoss

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Posted 03 September 2015 - 06:37 PM

WTOP radio, 9/3:

 

Metro’s chief safety officer resigns

 

WASHINGTON — Metro’s chief safety officer resigned Thursday — the same day as a Metro board meeting addressing the Aug. 6 train derailment near the Smithsonian station and how it could have been prevented.

 

Metro Interim General Manager Jack Requa issued a statement Thursday that he had accepted the resignation of James Dougherty, the chief safety officer at Metro.

 

Requa accepted the resignation after the board meeting. Metro could not offer any additional details about the resignation.

 

Requa named the Deputy Chief Safety Officer Louis Brown as the Acting Chief Safety Officer while a search is underway for a permanent successor.

 

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