What is the death toll in DC train crash on Monday evening?”
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 six 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. D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty said six were dead. Fire Chief Dennis Rubin said rescue workers treated 76 people at the scene and sent some of them to local hospitals, six with critical injuries. A Metro official said the dead included the female operator of the trailing train. Her name was not immediately released.
By John Letzing SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The death toll stemming from a six-car Metro train crash in Washington, D.C. late Monday has risen to four, while causing an unspecified number of injuries, according to media reports. The Associated Press, citing Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty, reported that at least four people were killed in the crash, which occurred at the height of Monday evening’s rush hour. The crash took place on the red line, the Metro’s busiest, the AP reported. Crews were cutting train cars open to get passengers out, according to the report.
