He proceeded through a red signal and then entered a switch that had changed direction moments before. [Metro workers disciplined after evacuating passengers before third-rail power was cut]Five employees were later disciplined for inadequately following safety protocol, Metro announced last week. There have been 10 red signal violations that have occurred so far in 2016, two of them in the past week. The third rail stayed energized for another 80 minutes after the incident occurred. “It was the two track workers on the track yelling at the train operator that finally captured his attention,” Lavin said.

Source: Washington Post July 28, 2016 16:07 UTC