NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
May 28, 2008

NTSB SENDING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE COMMUTER TRAIN COLLISION NEAR BOSTON

The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatching a Go Team to investigate the collision between two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter trains in Newton early this evening.

NTSB Rail Investigator Wayne Workman will serve as Investigator-in-Charge and lead the 7-member team. Board Member Kitty Higgins will accompany the team and serve as spokesman for the on-scene investigation. A press officer, Peter Knudson, will also travel with the team.

Once the team arrives in Massachusetts, Knudson can be reached on his cell phone at (202) 557-1350.

NTSB Press Office: (202) 314-6100

NTSB Home | << Back to Press Releases Page << | News & Events