Blue Line Metrorail operator arrested on suspicion of driving a train while drunk

The D.C. Metro system was built as a “modern miracle” that “remains the secret to our region’s success,” said council member Charles Allen, who is proposing legislation to give city residents $100 a month on their SmarTrip cards. (Associated Press/File) more >A Metrorail operator on the Blue Line was arrested on Dec. 23 on suspicion of operating a train while intoxicated.

The operator, identified as Damon Keith Roberts Jr. by Fox 5, worked for Metro since 2017 and was a rail operator since 2019.

Mr. Roberts is accused of overshooting the District of Columbia’s Van Dorn Street station on the Blue Line by the length of two train cars at around 10:32 p.m. He stopped at Van Dorn Street for only…