Its all part of major rebilling work, thlle largest reconstructn effort since metro was built in the 1970s. Over the weekend it shut down red line trains when dupont sickle. It occurred on the outbound track. Both the tristate committee and National Transportation safetyrt board were notified. Otif they are quote, very concerned about the safety of riders, employees and contractors and will beco monitoring metrosg investigation closely. Due to the Government Shutdown, the ntsb cannot be reached. Theyre furloughed due to the lapse in funding. Therefore we are not providing o updates to the media. Edia student the investigation is ongoing, but normal royalut service will be restored for the monday morning commute. Representatives from the employer of the contractor whose was killed haveth arrived in d. Tonight and a spokesman told me irngram lived in the Richmond Virginia area. We are following breaking news right now out of the texas where there has been a serious r crash at the grand p
No way to tell whether that played any role in this and what was happening there. Its severely affecting traffic here. Southbound lanes remain closed. The northbound lanes are open to traffic. So we had to access the scene from the northbound side. For anyone trying to get to the southern end of prince georges county, Charles County area, youre going to have to take some detours, because this road will remain closed for some time. We havent been given a time frame yet, but it will continue to remain closed as Police Continue this investigation. Reporting live from brandywine, darcy spencer. We have new details about the accident that killed a contractor inside a metro tunnel early this morning. Fire is not what killed that worker. Two others were ginjured this morning. Reporter a 41 year old metro contractor was killed and two metro employees were seriously injured after they were hit by a 40 foot section of track that shifted. The contractor and the two employees were replacing sectio