How many people were killed and how many injured in the DC train crash?”
Investigators are trying to determine what caused the deadliest accident in Metro history. “This is a tragedy beyond belief,” Metro General Manager John Catoe said on WTOP. “My heart is heavy with the weight of this grief.” An inbound Metro train smashed into the back of another at the height of the Monday evening rush hour, killing seven people. Local officials revised the figure Tuesday morning, after fire officials had said nine people died in the Red Line crash. At a morning news conference, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said seven people had died. Fenty says two critical patients remain hospitalized. It is possible the death toll will grow. Fenty says this is “by far the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington D.C. Metro transit system.” “We are still removing remains from the train,” Catoe said before a morning news conference. “This is still a recovery effort.” “Our teams have been working through the night, and we’re trying to make sure we document and collect all of the per
WASHINGTON — A rush-hour collision between two crowded trains Monday on Washington’s subway system killed at least nine people and injured dozens, trapping commuters in a stack of twisted rail cars that rescuers were still searching hours later. Witnesses say a train near the Fort Totten station on the Metro’s Red Line was rear-ended by another train, which climbed atop the stopped cars ahead of it and left a two-level snarl of debris. The operator of the approaching train was among the dead, authorities said. The mayor’s office identified her as Jeanice McMillan, 42. Rescue workers propped up ladders to help survivors escape from the upper train cars. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track. District of Columbia Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said rescuers treated 76 patients at the scene in the first two hours, including six who died. Three bodies were located in the wreckage late Monday night. “This is the deadliest incident in the history of Metro,” Washington City Councilm
WASHINGTON — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city’s Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first. Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together in the worst accident in the Metrorail system’s 33-year history. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews had to cut some people out of what he described as a “mass casualty event.” Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors scramble to safety. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track.
