Metro transit trains collide during rush hour near the D.C.-Maryland border, killing 4

July 23rd, 2009 NTSB: DC train system had chronic signal problemsWASHINGTON — The signaling system that detects a train on the tracks of Washington's transit system has been having problems for a year and a half in the area of a crash that killed nine, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said records show the system on the track circuit had been intermittently malfunctioning, whether a train was present or not, since a piece of equipment was replaced in December 2007.

July 3rd, 2009 Metro red line trains to resume normal speedsWASHINGTON — Metro officials say red line trains in greater Washington, D.C., will return to regular speeds this holiday weekend for the first time since a deadly crash. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when one train slammed into another train stopped on tracks.

June 30th, 2009 Metro: Trains to run manually possibly for yearWASHINGTON — Transit trains around the nation's capital could continue running manually for a year or more while Metro makes sure its automatic control system works properly following a deadly crash, the agency's general manager said Tuesday. Nine people were killed and more than 70 injured June 22 when a moving train slammed into another train stopped on the tracks near the Maryland state line.

June 30th, 2009 Man struck and killed by Metro trainWASHINGTON — Metro says a man who was struck and killed by a train at a station in Maryland just outside Washington was on the tracks intentionally. The transit agency says the man was struck by an eight-car train shortly after 4 p.m.

June 29th, 2009 Person struck and killed by Metro trainWASHINGTON — Metro says a person has been struck and killed by a train at a station on the red line in Maryland just outside Washington. The transit agency says the person was struck by an eight-car train shortly after 4 p.m.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.