Metrobus Driver Fired After Fatal Accident
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Friday, October 10, 2008; 5:10 PM
Metro today fired the bus operator involved in last month's fatal accident with a taxi van after the transit agency's preliminary investigation determined that the operator violated several of Metro's safe driving procedures, officials said.
The Sept. 26 crash in Foggy Bottom killed Bartlett M. Tabor, 55, of Alamo, Calif. and injured six others, including the drivers of both vehicles.
D.C. police are still investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred when the Metrobus hit a taxi van at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and 19th Street in Northwest Washington. The operator had been employed at Metro since March and had been driving a bus since May.
Metro has stiffened penalties for safety violators, allowing dismissal for three violations within a year instead of five. Officials are looking at ways to strengthen bus operator training.
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