A busload of visitors heads to EPCOT theme park past a monorail that was parked and idle after a deadly accident at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, July 5, 2009.
This is the time of year when tens of thousands of families descend on Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Mine is planning to be among them this summer.
So the head-on collision of two monorail trains at the park over the weekend in an accident which killed a college student who worked at the park as a train operator has no doubt gotten the attention of a lot of families. For some of us in the nation's capital, the crash brought back flashbacks to the Washington Metro subway crash that killed nine people recently.
After Sunday's crash and an initial investigation, the Orlando, Fla. theme park and resort reopened the monorail Monday afternoon. It was the first fatal monorail accident in the 38 years since the transportation system entered operation.
According to the Associated Press, a Disney World spokeswoman said:
... Extra measures to verify that the track switches are operating properly have been put into place, although she refused to be more specific.
"All I can say is there are additional verifications," she said. "We've supplemented our safety procedures and protocol."
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