Two BART employees killed in accident by reported scab worker.

An informed transit insider tells us that the BART train that struck and killed two workers on the tracks near the Walnut Creek station on Saturday was on a strike-related training run at the time of the accident.

"They were practicing training people how to operate and have the skills in the event of an extended strike," said the source, who was not authorized to speak on the record.

The source, however, said BART's official description - that the train was on a routine maintenance run at the time - may also be true. The source was referring to a statement by Paul Oversier, BART's assistant general manager, that the train was returning to Concord after hauling two cars that had been defaced with graffiti to the maintenance yard in Richmond.

Reached Sunday afternoon, Oversier declined to comment, saying the accident is now under review by the National Transportation Safety Board, and everyone "is under direct orders not to discuss the incident."


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