BALTIMORE MTA ACCIDENT

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

Richard Allman wrote:
> 
> If drugs involved, and @ this time must presume innocence, MTA will need a policy of totally random and unannnounced drug screening.

	THIS  is  LAW  already  --  Federal  Law.

 I don't know current policy, but is an emplyee who tests positive
during an accident summarilly dismissed, referred for mandatory rehab,
or also prosecuted for reckless endangerment/ The civil libertarians
will go GAGA over this, however we of a more communitarian persuasion
believe that where some identifiable risk to the public good is at
stake, some privacy conc
> 
> >>> "Vigrass, Bill" <billvigrass at hillintl.com> 08/15/00 01:45PM >>>
> I heard it also on morning radio news while driving to work.  Everyone in
> the train was taken to a local hospital.  My guess is that they were
> standing in anticipating of arrival.  And yes, this is the second such
> event.  I will bet that NTSB will be concerned, since they are local to the
> scene even though there was no death.
> 
> Bill Vigrass
> 
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> Subject: BALTIMORE MTA ACCIDENT
> 
> HAVE NOT SEEN NEWSPAPERS YET.  WITF RADIO (PBS, HARRISBURG) ANNOUNCED AT
> 8:00 THIS MORNING THAT THERE HAD BEEN A "LIGHT RAIL WRECK" THIS MORNING
> CAUSING INJURIES IN WHICH A CAR RAMMED INTO THE BUMPER AT THE AIRPORT
> TERMINAL.  IF TRUE, THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED AT
> BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

James B. Holland

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