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</span><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A Metro train driver was high on ice when he drove through a
stop signal earlier this month,</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> prompting an automatic drug and alcohol
test in which a cocktail of drugs was detected in his system.</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The driver was suspended on the spot and later quit during an
investigation. <b>Metro is not pursuing any legal action against its
former employee.</b></span></p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></b><p><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The revelation that the driver was in control of a
six-carriage train while under the effects of a mix of methamphetamine
and amphetamine was sparked by a minor safety breach, in which the
city-bound Sunbury train he was driving passed a red signal by just two
metres on the approach to Albion station. There was no risk of
collision, Metro says. </span></b></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The incident occurred just before 4.30pm on June 6.</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“On this occasion, the driver misjudged the distance he had
to brake before the red signal because he was distracted while looking
for a person trespassing, which had been reported to him,” Metro
spokeswoman Larisa Tait said. “Once the driver realised this, he applied
the train’s emergency brakes before the train passed the red signal.”</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The driver phoned train control to inform them he had passed a
signal at danger and was told to drive the train to Albion station
where it was pulled out of service. He was relieved of his duties and
tested for drugs and alcohol as is standard.</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“The driver involved was immediately suspended pending
investigation (this includes urine samples being sent to a laboratory
for further testing),” Ms Tait said. “During the investigation phase,
the driver tendered his resignation. We will not be pursuing any legal
action.”</span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The company says the incident was the only positive drugs
reading in almost 700 drug and alcohol tests it has conducted on its
staff in the past six months. Metro train drivers must have a zero
blood-alcohol reading while at work. </span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
</span></div><div style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Read more: </span><a style="color: #003399;" href="http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/metro-train-driver-caught-on-ice-20140620-zsgth.html#ixzz35BnjDmSF"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/metro-train-driver-caught-on-ice-20140620-zsgth.html#ixzz35BnjDmSF</span></a><br></div><p><br></p>
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