Accidental Human Deaths in Washington, D.C. - June 22, 2009 Washington Metro Train Collision, Arland D. Williams, JR., Warren M. Robbins (Paperback)

Chapters: June 22, 2009 Washington Metro Train Collision, Arland D. Williams, Jr., Warren M. Robbins, Helen E. Hokinson, Will Kirk Kaynor, George J. Bates, Michael J. Kennedy. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The June 22, 2009 Washington Metro train collision was a subway train-on-train collision between two southbound Red Line Washington Metro trains during the afternoon rush hour of June 22, 2009, in Northeast Washington, D.C., United States. A moving train collided with a train stopped ahead of it; the train operator and eight passengers were killed, making it the deadliest crash in the history of the Washington Metro. Several survivors were trapped for hours, and approximately 80 were injured. A preliminary investigation found that after the June 17 replacement of a track circuit component at what became the site of the June 22 collision, signals had not been reliably reporting when that stretch of track was occupied by a train. At approximately 4:57 p.m. EDT (20:57 UTC) on Monday, June 22, 2009, Washington Metro Train 112, bound from Glenmont for Shady Grove, left the Takoma station. Minutes later at 5:02 p.m., Train 112 rear-ended Train 214, which was stopped between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations while waiting for another train to leave the Fort Totten station. Nine people were killed, including the operator in the lead car of the moving train, Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Virginia. and at least 80 were injured; the death toll makes the crash the deadliest in Metro history. At 5:20 p.m., rescuers first entered car 1079, the lead car of train 112. This car had telescoped over the rear car of the stationary train, trapping many passengers who required rescue by emergency workers using ladders for access. Survivors described ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2332631