obtained by KRON4 shows<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe fast turn threw riders to the side, with many flung to the ground. \u201cI wanna get off!\u201d one terrified woman wails as another yells, \u201cOh my God!\u201d<\/p>\n
The train operator appeared slumped over just before the train hit a turn at 50 mph. SFMTA<\/p>\n
The jolt also woke the driver, who was seen rushing to get control and bring the train to a halt. She then gets up to address the terrified passengers, repeatedly telling them to \u201crelax.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d the driver says. \u201cRelax, relax, relax. We didn\u2019t crash. Relax.\u201d<\/p>\n
One female passenger was treated for concussion, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.<\/p>\n
An investigation into the scare when the train was in the Sunset Tunnel near Duboce Park early Sept. 4 showed no problems with the train or track, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said Monday..<\/p>\n
Instead, it was confirmed to be \u201can error as a result of operator fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n
The train \u201cexperienced a series of unexpected jolting movements while navigating a curve at an excessive speed of 50 mph,\u201d the SFMTA said, without saying how fast it would typically be going at that point.<\/p>\n
The sudden jolt caused several passengers to fall down, officials said. SFMTA<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral passengers were jostled and fell due to the sudden motion,\u201d the agency confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe agency is addressing the matter in accordance with internal protocols and the relevant contract, which included placing the operator on nondriving status.\u201d<\/p>\n
SFMTA Director of Transportation Julie Kirschbaum called the incident \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The SFMTA is investigating the \u201cunacceptable\u201d incident. SFMTA<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know this was a frightening experience for our riders, and we take that very seriously,\u201d Kirschbaum said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSafety is always our top priority. We are committed to accountability in response to this specific unacceptable incident and we are taking all necessary steps to keep Muni safe and reliable for all riders and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wild video shows a San Francisco train driver falling asleep, sending screaming passengers falling to the floor as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1826,101,103,102,104,106,105,31319,15639,3586],"class_list":["post-48165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-crashes","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-sleep","tag-trains","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}