wwshington metrooolitan area transit admits áitá was to blame for the 2009 accident.but as suzanne kennedy explainssany who lost loved ones that day, the admissionnis not enough. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows -- fatal fort totten rain crash--metro is admittingg accident. in documents filed mooday in u-ssdistrict court in washiigton d-c, metro says it will stipulate...or "accept" liability forrthe crash..that's little consooation to kenneth hawkins who lost his older brother in the june 2209 train collision. the should've stepped up in the beginning and reached out to tte victims and the families and said, we apologize for the accident and &papologize for taking the life of your loved one.the trannit agency has settled with a majority of the victim's families. but the ourt documents are the fiist public admission to fault. ninn people were killedd 52 others injured when he red lines trains collided during rush hour. the n-t-s-b criticized the transit agency--- saying the accident was preventable. it found that automated systems should hhve stopped the trains frrm being on the track at the same time. me