Metro crash victim had lived in Culpeper

A victim of Monday’s deadly Metro train crash in D.C. has a Culpeper connection.

Veronica Dubose, 29 was among nine killed when two trains collided on Metro’s Red Line in the worst accident ever in the 30-plus year history of the regional transit service.

“We have a very small family and she just never wanted to live in D.C.,” said Dubose’s cousin, Latisha Clanagan. “She loved the quiet country life. It was so tragic.”

Dubose graduated from high school in D.C. in 1998 and moved to Culpeper that year. While here, she worked at Culpeper Health Care Center and other local businesses.

A mother of two young children, an 8-year-old and an 18-month-old, Clanagan said Dubose had recently moved back to Northwest D.C. to attend school.

On Monday, she was on her way to the first day of class in advanced nursing when the accident occurred. Clanagan said the family learned that Dubose was riding directly behind the train op-erator on the train that struck a stopped train on the same track.

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the accident. Preliminary reports indicate that a failure of the computer system that automatically controls the trains or a brake problem may be to blame.