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There was a head-on EL wreck in Chicago a few months ago.

Investigation found that the operator stopped the train at a red light, got out and manually switched the switch and overrode two automatic kill mechanisms. Sometimes it's not a switching error.

The operator was placed on paid leave (gotta love the unions).
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