How many fatalities were confirmed in the Washington metro train crash recently?
WASHINGTON – Authorities have released the identities of five of the nine people who died in Monday’s Metro train collision in the District. Metro has identified them as: 59-year-old Mary Doolittle of Northwest D.C.; 40-year-old Ana Fernandez of Hyattsville; 64-year-old Dennis Hawkins of Southeast D.C.; 23-year-old Lavanda King of Northeast D.C. and 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va., the operator of one of the trains involved in the collision. Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith says four bodies were recovered from the wreckage Monday after the rush-hour crash. Five more were removed Tuesday. The crash sent 76 people to hospitals. Metro officials said two men and seven women, all adults, were killed. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said Tuesday two critical patients remain hospitalized. One of those patients – a 14-year-old girl – remains in intensive care at Howard University Hospital with injuries to her legs. Metro said customers who were onboard train 112 or 214 can file an inju
Nine fatalities have been confirmed in the worst accident in the history of Washington’s Metro subway system, authorities said Tuesday morning. The updated casualty count came after rescue workers toiled through the night and into daylight this morning near the D.C.-Maryland line, where a Metro train rear-ended a stopped train during Monday evening’s rush hour. A spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates Metro, confirmed shortly after 10:30 a.m. that the death toll had reached nine. Among the dead was the operator of the train that crashed into the stopped train. Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., had been a Metro train operator since 2007. Identities of the remaining victims have not been released. Other passengers who were killed were Mary Doolittle, 59, of northwest Washington; Ana Fernandez, 40, of Hyattsville; Dennis Hawkins, 64, of southeast Washington and Lavonda King, 23, of northeast D.C. The four victims ranged in age from 23 t
WASHINGTON — Nine fatalities have been confirmed in the worst accident in the history of Washington’s Metro subway system, authorities said Tuesday morning. The updated casualty count came after rescue workers toiled through the night and into daylight this morning near the D.C.-Maryland line, where a Metro train rear-ended a stopped train during Monday evening’s rush hour. Other passengers who were killed were Mary Doolittle, 59, of northwest Washington; Ana Fernandez, 40, of Hyattsville; Dennis Hawkins, 64, of southeast Washington and Lavonda King, 23, of northeast D.C. The four victims ranged in age from 23 to 64, Metro officials said at a special board meeting Tuesday afternoon.
WASHINGTON – Authorities have released the identities of five of the nine people who died in Monday’s Metro train collision in the District. Metro has identified them as: 59-year-old Mary Doolittle of Northwest D.C.; 40-year-old Ana Fernandez of Hyattsville; 64-year-old Dennis Hawkins of Southeast D.C.; 23-year-old Lavanda King of Northeast D.C. and 42-year-old Jeanice McMillan of Springfield, Va., the operator of one of the trains involved in the collision. Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith says four bodies were recovered from the wreckage Monday after the rush-hour crash. Five more were removed Tuesday. The crash sent 76 people to hospitals. Metro officials said two men and seven women, all adults, were killed. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said Tuesday two critical patients remain hospitalized. One of those patients – a 14-year-old girl – remains in intensive care at Howard University Hospital with injuries to her legs. Metro said customers who were onboard train 112 or 214 can file an inju
Nine fatalities have been confirmed in the worst accident in the history of Washington’s Metro subway system, authorities said Tuesday morning. The updated casualty count came after rescue workers toiled through the night and into daylight this morning near the D.C.-Maryland line, where a Metro train rear-ended a stopped train during Monday evening’s rush hour. A spokeswoman for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates Metro, confirmed shortly after 10:30 a.m. that the death toll had reached nine. Among the dead was the operator of the train that crashed into the stopped train. Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va., had been a Metro train operator since 2007. Identities of the remaining victims have not been released. Other passengers who were killed were Mary Doolittle, 59, of northwest Washington; Ana Fernandez, 40, of Hyattsville; Dennis Hawkins, 64, of southeast Washington and Lavonda King, 23, of northeast D.C. The four victims ranged in age from 23 t
