Yesterday, a two DC Metro trains collided, killing 9 and sending 76 to local hospitals. That is not funny. The ABC News article about the crash, however, is (hopefully unintentionally) hilarious. A few quotes from the article:
“The National Transportation Safety Board had twice warned that trains like the ones involved in the Monday wreck could be dangerous to passengers.”
No kidding.
“What causes us concern the most is the fact that this was not supposed to happen,” said Jackie Jeter, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 Tuesday.
I am glad to know fatal train crashes are not supposed to happen.
And Jeanice McMillan, one of the earliest faces of the train accident, was also a mother. She was killed while operating the train that rear-ended her train.
I am no expert, but I suspect a better system might be for the drivers to operate the train they are on instead of the train behind them. I seriously read this sentence 10 times and still don’t get it.
The son she raised by herself had started college in the fall. Her family said she took pride in her work on the train and ironed her uniform nightly.
Well, at least she didn’t die a slob.
McMillan recently graduated from bus driver to train operator. Her favorite part of the job? Her relationships with the passengers.
I suspect the feeling is not mutual today.
It looks like they have since fixed one of the sentences:
McMillan, one of the earliest faces of the train accident, was also a mother. She was killed while operating the train that rear-ended the other train.
OK, that makes a little more sense. However the sentence was still written in a very awkward manner.