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Six Dead, 70 Injured in DC Subway Crash

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 22, 2009 6:46 PM CDT
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(Newser) – At least six are dead and 70 others injured after two subway trains collided during rush hour this evening in Washington DC, the AP reports. The incident is “developing into a mass casualty event,” a Metro spokesman told WJLA-TV. “We’re expecting a number of injuries.” A train on the Red Line, the system’s busiest, plowed into another train stopped at a station, Metro's general manager said at a press conference.

The scene is “terrible,” a spokeswoman tells WTOP-AM, adding that firefighters were working to free dozens of passengers trapped inside. “One rail car is about a third of the way on top of another rail car.”

This image from CNN shows firefighters at the scene of a collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington near the Washington-Maryland border on the Metro system's red line.
This image from CNN shows firefighters at the scene of a collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington near the Washington-Maryland border on the Metro system's red line.   (CNN)
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers remove an unidentified individual at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers remove an unidentified individual at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers remove an unidentified individual at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency workers remove an unidentified individual at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in Washington, D.C. Monday, June 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
District of Columbia emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, DC, today.
District of Columbia emergency workers at the site of a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington, DC, today.   (AP Photo)
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COMMENTS
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muleskinner
Jun 23, 2009 6:44 AM CDT
hope the engineer wasn't texting
DeniseVB
Jun 23, 2009 1:08 AM CDT
Horrible :( Thoughts are with all involved.
emptycalm
Jun 23, 2009 1:02 AM CDT
I used to ride that train all the time. Unfortunate.

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