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22 Jun 2009, 5:30 pm

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... n_DC%2C_US

Several People have believed to been killed, not good news....



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22 Jun 2009, 5:39 pm

I live in DC and I cannot believe this happened... I don't know what to say here. :cry:



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22 Jun 2009, 6:04 pm

I digged this and there is so far not much to find on internet but its a very serious accident. One of the trains is lying above the other...

They claim two people died so far..

http://cbs13.com/national/washington.dc ... 55213.html


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22 Jun 2009, 6:34 pm

Collisions with underground trains are still quite rare. On some systems a controller can shut a train down remotely. Trains can also shut down automatically if they run a light. It is interesting it was in an over-ground part. It might have been in a periphery suburb, so wasn't as well monitored.



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22 Jun 2009, 6:44 pm

Why sometimes I decide not to sit in the front or back of an El train0fear of that (sometimes).


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24 Jun 2009, 8:44 pm

I was just on the Metro last week with my 6 year old and the trains kept stopping in tunnels, and he asked me if one ever hit another from behind. I think I won't tell him about this because he would tend to get very afraid of going on the Metro. I am sorry this happened. I hope they can determine how to ensure that it does not happen again.