Portland Streetcar

in the police station. It's a small and dangerous case. It's a big crime. We're going to have to stop the police. What made a Portland streetcar go off the tracks and That derailment happened last month on Southeast Grand by Taylor. One person was heard. Several others were shaken up. Our Lisa Baillac is getting answers tonight. She's live from where it happened in Southeast Portland. Well, Dan, Jennifer, I want you to take a look at somet Take a look right here. T A tiny screw that got loose in the controller that's inside the street car operators compartment and the controller had to get the controller to move around in the worst possible spot. Now the controller is the device the operator uses to control the speed, but the screw got loose and became wedge into the handle device. So the operator could not stop the street car. In fact, minutes before the crash, the operator had reported to dispatch. They had a problem with the controller handle sticking, then it stuck in the forward position. That operator tried to break, sounded the horn, but then collided with two ve The streetcar derailed. Inspectors say they found the screw lodged in the handle. Now they put in a special type of ve The police say it's not the right one. But the police say it's not the right one. They put in a special type of glue on the street cars to keep these screws in place. How do you reassure the public it won't happen again? Yeah, t We've changed our preventative maintenance schedule at t Now maintenance staff have examined the controllers from the other five streetcars with the same type of controller, and they've now made sure that screw is secure. They're also dealing with a parent company of the Oregon streetcar manufacturer to determine liability. Now I found out the street car that had the problem right here had actually been inspected just the day before that t Live in southeast Portland, Lisa Bae, 6 News. As in that case, the police have found out that the controller was not the right one. They've also found out that the controller was not the right one.