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Originally Posted by tri deezy
There's evidence that she administered the manual brake and the emergency brake, and her cell phone was safely zipped away in her backpack, following regulations. The Post is reporting that the computer's sensor in that track had not read the previous train, so the train that was stopped on the track was invisible to the computer on the train that crashed into it.
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Here's a link supporting what
tri deezy said:
(Washington Post)
And another:
(WashPost)
"When the investigation is completed, we will find she went beyond her job," Catoe said afterward. "I believe she saved lives. She was able to slow that train up before it crashed."
It's all so sad. She had a son in college, too. But props to her for trying to minimize the damage, even if the accident was unavoidable.