One dead, others severely injured in collision on Washington’s Metro rail line

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi Sunday morning, an official said. No injuries were reported.

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 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A coach of a Delhi Metro train derailed near Dwarka station on the Yamuna Bank-Dwarka line Wednesday, metro officials said. All the 39 passengers in the coach escaped unhurt.

July 19th, 2009 WASINGTON - At least 60 people were injured when two light-rail trains collided at a station in San Francisco Saturday, local media reported. One train slammed into the back of another train standing at a platform at about 3 p.m., the CBS 5 television news reported.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro chief E. Sreedharan Wednesday gave marching orders to Vijay Anand, director in charge of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur metro line where an accident Sunday left six people dead.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A four-member committee will probe the collapse of an underconstruction Delhi Metro span that led to the death of five people in south Delhi Sunday. "The four-member committee will inquire into the accident and will submit its report within 10 days," Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief E.

July 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An underconstruction bridge of the Delhi Metro collapsed in south Delhi Sunday, injuring at least 20 people, many of them critically, an official said. The accident took place at around 5 a.m.

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 NEW DELHI - A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper was critically injured after he fell on a Delhi metro railtrack and was hit by a train at the Civil Lines metro station in the capital Tuesday. Constable Jaipal Singh fell on the tracks around 8:50 a.m.

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 Over 60 people injured in collisionWASHINGTON — Over 60 passengers have been injured in the crash of two Metro trains. District of Columbia Fire Chief Dennis Rubin says that about 50 of the passengers fell into the quote — walking wounded — category of injuries.

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 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 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.