Six Dead, 70 Injured in DC Subway Crash

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 22, 2009 6:46 PM CDT
Six Dead, 70 Injured in DC Subway Crash
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)

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.”
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