DC transit train crashes into rear of another train, killing 9, injuring scores of others

August 30th, 2009 Cameroon train crashes kill 11, injure hundredsYAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cameroon's state-run television says two train crashes within 24 hours have killed at least 11 people. Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the broadcaster Sunday that nearly 400 people were injured in the crashes in the capital Yaounde.

August 27th, 2009 Train strikes another in DC Metro rail yardWASHINGTON — Officials with Washington's Metro transit system say two employees have been injured after a rail car struck another train in the West Falls Church rail yard. Metro officials said Thursday that a train traveling at a low speed unintentionally hit a stationary train about 6 p.m.

August 11th, 2009 New safety measures pushed after 2 Calif. crashesSAN FRANCISCO —A transportation agency says it's implementing new safety measures after two major crashes within three weeks.

July 29th, 2009 Train derails in southern China, killing 4BEIJING — A landslide caused a train to derail in southern China on Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring 50, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said the train derailed in the pre-dawn hours in Liuzhou city in the Guangxi region.

July 1st, 2009 DC Metro operator praises other driver at funeralBUFFALO, N.Y. — The injured driver of a Washington, D.C., Metro train that was hit in a deadly crash is telling mourners in New York that the other train's operator was a hero.

July 1st, 2009 Mourners gather to remember 'hero' train operatorBUFFALO, N.Y. — Mourners are gathering in upstate New York to remember a Washington, D.C., train operator credited with saving lives in last week's rail crash that killed her and eight passengers.

June 30th, 2009 Train derails, explodes in ItalyROME — A freight train has derailed just outside a station in an Italian town and two cars filled with gas have exploded, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. The ANSA news agency reports the explosion and resulting fire engulfed several homes in the Tuscan town of Viareggio, collapsing two buildings, killing at least one person and injuring at least 50 people.

June 26th, 2009 Metro superintendent reassigned following crashWASHINGTON — The Washington-area mass transit authority has temporarily reassigned the superintendent of the automatic control system that is supposed to prevent train crashes. Federal investigators said Thursday that Metro's signaling system failed to detect a test train stopped in the same place as one that was struck during a deadly crash this week.

June 23rd, 2009 DC trains collide, killing 4 and wounding scoresWASHINGTON — 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 four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first. Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together, and 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 escape.

June 23rd, 2009 DC trains collide, killing 6 and wounding scoresWASHINGTON — 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 cars of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first. Cars of both trains were ripped open and smashed together, and 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 escape.

June 23rd, 2009 Four dead, scores hurt in DC rail collisionWASHINGTON — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of Washington's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out in what he described as a "mass casualty event." Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors escape.

June 23rd, 2009 DC Fire Department says 9 dead in Metrorail crashWASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Fire Department has raised the death toll to nine in Monday's collision of two Metrorail trains. A release on the department's Web site says rescue workers located three more bodies in the wreckage late Monday night.

June 23rd, 2009 Recent commuter train accidents in the USRecent commuter train accidents in the United States: —June 4, 2009: A light rail train and a city bus collide in downtown Phoenix, slightly injuring several passengers. —May 8, 2009: A trolley rear-ends another trolley that is stopped between two underground stations in downtown Boston, injuring about 50 people.

June 23rd, 2009 DC train union head: Too soon to talk crash causeWASHINGTON — The head of the transit workers' union in the nation's capital says any comments about the cause of a train accident that killed nine people would be premature and irresponsible. The president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 said Tuesday that it is important that steps are taken to avoid any future tragedy.

June 23rd, 2009 DC metro trains collide, killing 4 and wounding 70WASHINGTON — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of Washington's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first. District of Columbia fire spokesman Alan Etter said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out in what he described as a "mass casualty event." Rescue workers propped steel ladders up to the upper train cars to help survivors escape.