District officials now say 7 dead in Metro rear-end collision in Monday’s rush-hour accident

August 8th, 2009 NYC officials: 1 dead in collision over HudsonNEW YORK —Two people at New York City emergency response agencies say at least one person is confirmed dead and they know of no one being rescued from the aftermath of a plane-helicopter collision over the Hudson River. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak before Mayor Michael Bloomberg gives a media briefing.

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 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.

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 Commuter crash in Washington kills 6, injures 70WASHINGTON — Officials say the commuter train accident in Washington has killed six people and injured as many as 70 others. Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty says six people are in critical condition.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The death toll from a collision between two subway trains in the US capital Monday has risen to nine, broadcaster CNN reported Tuesday. At least 76 people were injured in the accident that has been described as the deadliest in the Washington Metrorail system's 33-year history.

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 Metro trains collide near D.C., killing at least 4WASHINGTON — The mayor of Washington, D.C., says four people are dead after a collision between two transit trains. Mayor Adrian Fenty says that would make it the deadliest accident in the history of the Metro train system.

June 23rd, 2009 DC Metro confirms earlier reports of 9 deadWASHINGTON — Metro transit officials are confirming an earlier report that nine people were killed in a train collision. Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith says four bodies were recovered from the wreckage Monday after the rush-hour crash.

June 23rd, 2009 DC transit train smashes into another, killing 9WASHINGTON — 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 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 Two dead, others hurt in DC rail transit collisionWASHINGTON — Two Metro transit trains collided at the height of the Monday evening rush hour, killing at least two people and severely injuring others as cars of one train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the other. 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 Mayor: Four dead in train collisionWASHINGTON — The mayor of Washington, D.C., says four people are dead after a collision between two transit trains. Mayor Adrian Fenty says that would make it the deadliest accident in the history of the Metro train system.

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.