Melbourne: A Metro train driver was high on ice when he drove through a stop signal earlier this month, prompting an automatic drug and alcohol test in which a cocktail of drugs was detected in his system.
The driver was suspended on the spot and later quit during an investigation. Metro is not pursuing any legal action against its former employee.
The revelation that the driver was in control of a six-carriage train while under the effects of a mix of methamphetamine and amphetamine was sparked by a minor safety breach, in which the city-bound Sunbury train he was driving passed a red signal by just two metres on the approach to Albion station. There was no risk of collision, Metro says.
The incident occurred just before 4.30pm on June 6.
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