How many people were killed in the Washington DC train crash?”
At least nine people have died following a collision between two Metro trains in Washington DC last night. Officials say one of the trains smashed into the back of the other at the height of yesterday evening’s rush hour. The trailing train jack-knifed into the air and fell on top of the other one. More than 70 people were taken to hospital after the collision, including six who were in a critical condition. The accident was the first fatal crash on the Washington DC Metro since 1982, when three people died in a derailment.
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55M2S520090623 Seven killed in Washington subway crash: mayor Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:30am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Seven people died when two subway trains collided during the Monday afternoon rush hour in the worst rail accident in Washington, D.C.’s history, Mayor Adrian Fenty said on Tuesday. A D.C. Fire Department official had earlier told Reuters that nine people died in the crash, when one train hit another that had stopped on above-ground tracks on the outskirts of the city. Roughly 75 passengers were involved in the accident, Fenty said. Two patients had been in critical condition, but the condition of one of them was upgraded overnight, he said at a morning press conference near the scene of the accident. —– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Washington_M
