More Shutdown Casualties
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it would not be sending
investigators to the scene of last weekend’s Metro accident because of the
staff furloughs. One man was killed and two transit agency workers were
seriously injured in the accident. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman said in
an e-mail that because the public affairs staff was furloughed, the agency
could
not provide additional updates to the news media. – from The Washington Post
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