How many were hurt or killed in the recent DC metro crash?
Reporting from Washington — A rush-hour collision between two crowded trains on Washington’s subway system killed at least six people this evening 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 Ft. Totten station on the Metro’s busy Red Line was rear-ended by another train, which climbed atop the stopped cars ahead of it, leaving a two-level snarl of debris. The operator of the approaching train, whose name was not immediately released, was among the dead, authorities said. Rescue workers propped up ladders to help survivors escape from the upper train cars. Seats from the smashed cars spilled out onto the track. D.C. Fire Chief Dennis L. Rubin said rescuers treated 70 people at the scene in the first two hours, including the six who died. “This is the deadliest incident in the history of Metro,” said Washington City Councilman Jim Graham. He described the wreckage with a single word
Metro officials confirm two Metro trains on the Red Line collided Monday afternoon after one train smashed into the back of another, and at least six people were killed. The accident happened between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations. At least 70 people have been hurt, some of them seriously. 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” that happened just after 5 p.m. 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. Etter described injuries as varying from “broken bones to lacerations—you name it.” D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said six were confirmed dead. D.C. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said Monday evening during a press conference that a total of 50 people have been gree
