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| killed, 75 hurt in Washington metro |
| killed, 75 hurt in Washington metro train collision
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 24-June-2009
2:9:45 AM |
| Two Washington, D.C., subway trains collided during the Monday afternoon rush hour, killing nine people and injuring at least 75,
officials said early on Tuesday.
A District of Columbia Fire Department official said the death toll had been raised from 6 late on Monday, but said officials were
could prepared to identify any of the deceased.
Mayor Adrian Fenty called the crash the deadliest in the 33-year history of the city's Metro subway system.
Officials said one train hit another train that had stopped at a platform, but the cause of the crash was not immediately clear. At
least one car from the trailing train was hurled onto the top of the other in the accident, which occurred on above-ground tracks.
Metro officials do not know the cause of the ... collision and are not likely to know the cause for several days as the
investigation unfolds, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said on its Web site.
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