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DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003092418
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: PHILADELPHIA                                LENGTH: Short

LOOSE MOTOR CAUSED FATAL SUBWAY CRASH

Investigators said a loose motor under a subway car tripped a switch that threw part of the train into another track and slammed it into a pillar, killing three people and injuring 94.

A nut holding the motor in place had apparently slipped off, causing the motor to drag under the six-car train before Wednesday's accident, John K. Lauber of the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

The motor, under the third car, hit a crossover switch, and the tripped switch jerked the last three cars onto a second set of tracks. The fourth car smashed into a steel pillar, Lauber said. All of the dead were in the fourth car.

-Associated Press 


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