DC Metro officials confirm earlier report that 9 killed in subway train collision

September 17th, 2009 Teenager struck, killed by DC subway trainWASHINGTON — A teenage boy was struck and killed by a subway train in Washington, D.C., and investigators believe he may have stepped in the train's path on purpose. Metro transit system officials said the unidentified boy was struck about 2 p.m.

September 14th, 2009 DC subway worker dies after hit by train last weekWASHINGTON — A worker on the Washington Metro transit system has died of injuries from being struck by a train last week. Metro officials say 44-year-old John Moore, of Arlington, Va., died Monday of injuries suffered in Thursday's accident.

August 9th, 2009 Records: DC Metro safety system failed beforeWASHINGTON —A safety system designed to help subway trains avoid crashes had malfunctioned months before a deadly Washington Metro crash in June, newly obtained records show. A crash was avoided March 2 only after the subway train's operator used an emergency brake to avoid hitting another train, according to records obtained by the Washington Post.

June 23rd, 2009 Driver of DC train that hit stopped cars loved jobSPRINGFIELD, Va. — The Metro train operator who was driving the cars that barreled into a stopped train is being remembered as an employee who was proud of her job.

June 23rd, 2009 Feds investigate DC train crash that killed 7WASHINGTON — The subway train that plowed into another, causing a crash that killed seven and injured scores of others in the nation's capital, was part of an aging fleet that federal regulators had recommended three years ago be phased out or retrofitted, a safety investigator said Tuesday. Debbie Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board said the Metrorail transit system "was not able to do what we asked them to do." The rush-hour crashed sent more than 70 people to area hospitals and killed at least seven people.

June 23rd, 2009 One dead, others hurt in DC rail transit collisionWASHINGTON — At least one person was killed Monday in a rush-hour collision between two Metro transit trains in northeast Washington. A number of other passengers were severely injured, said District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter, in what he describes as a "mass casualty event." He said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Six people were killed and about 70 injured when two subway metro trains collided here during the late afternoon rush hour Monday, authorities said. The above-ground collision occurred about 5 p.m.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two subway trains crashed into each other at the height of the evening rush hour on Monday, killing at least six people and injuring several others. A female driver of one of the trains is among the dead.

June 23rd, 2009 DC Metro chief: First train stopped, second hit itWASHINGTON — The general manager of the Washington Metro says the two-train collision occurred when one train stopped at a platform near the Fort Totten station, and a second train hit it from behind. John Catoe told reporters Monday that for reasons we do not know the second train plowed into the back of that train.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A subway train derailed and collided with a second train Monday in the US capital Washington with at least one person killed and many injured, authorities said. The accident occurred around 5 p.m.

June 23rd, 2009 NTSB: Metro was asked to retrofit some rail carsWASHINGTON — A federal safety investigator says a 2004 Metro system accident led to requests to the subway system to retrofit or remove some older cars from service but that it was not done. Debbie Hersman, in an interview with The Associated Press, said officials are not yet certain that the same kind of cars, known as the 1000 Series, were involved in the deadly rush-hour collision Monday that killed nine people and injured scores of others, many seriously.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Two subway trains collided Monday in the US capital Washington, leaving four people dead and scores injured, Mayor Adrian Fenty said. The accident occurred around 5 p.m.

June 23rd, 2009 City lowers death toll in Metro crash MondayWASHINGTON — District of Columbia officials have lowered the number of fatalities in Monday's subway system accident to seven, instead of the nine reported earlier. Mayor Adrian Fenty said officials are "going to let the investigation run its course" and said that hopefully the number will not exceed seven by the end of the day.

June 23rd, 2009 5 of those killed in DC metro crash identifiedWASHINGTON — Officials are identifying five of the victims killed in a subway train crash in Washington, D.C. Metro officials said at a special board meeting Tuesday that four passengers ranging in age from 23 to 64 were killed when a train barreling down the tracks hit a stopped train a day earlier.

June 22nd, 2009 6-car train derails near Maryland-DC lineWASHINGTON — Metro officials say a six-car train has collided with another train and derailed near the Washington, D.C., and Maryland border. Spokeswoman Taryn McNeil says the collision happened about 5 p.m.