A man who was struck and killed by a Blue Line train Friday afternoon at the McPherson Square Metro station was a 42-year-old Metrobus driver who was on administrative leave because he had been involved in a bus accident the week before, Metro officials said today.
The District's attorney general has ordered corrections officials to disregard a city law that bans the release of prisoners from the D.C. jail between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., saying it is unconstitutional for authorities to jail someone overnight who is legally entitled to go free.