3 Disney Workers Suspended Over Crash

Disney confirmed Thursday afternoon that three workers were suspended as part of the investigation into a deadly monorail accident. Eyewitness News has also confirmed the federal investigation into the accident will end Friday or Saturday.

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The National Transportation Safety Board's fact-finding investigation into the monorail crash that killed 21-year-old rail driver Austin Wuennenberg is nearly complete. Facts released so far show the train that was backing up and struck Wuennenberg's train was supposed to be switched to another track, but that didn't happen.

The NTSB has found no mechanical failures with track switches or the system that stops trains.

Wednesday night, a former monorail driver with friends still in the area told Eyewitness News a series of safeguards appear to have been ignored all at the same time.

Thursday, Disney confirmed that a monorail pilot, a monorail shop worker and transportation manager were placed on paid administrative leave related to the investigation.

A different former driver with two friends still at Disney told Eyewitness News off camera the manager and another employee were at Denny's across the street from Disney property and it was left to a maintenance worker to make the switch.

A source close to the investigation confirmed the manager was not in the area at the time of the crash.

Eyewitness News requested an interview with the NTSB investigator on the ground, but he's reportedly too busy. But, according to the NTSB's first report, Wuennenberg stopped his train and tried to reverse it away from the oncoming train.

The NTSB says its investigator will go back to Washington DC when he wraps up the investigation and they will piece the whole thing together to determine what went wrong.

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