Washington, DC: This was a busy afternoon for emergency workers. The Red Line Station at Woodley Park was the scene of an apparent elevator rescue by firefighters in shorts carrying pry bars. Later on, 2...
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Van Ness, DC - WMATA reports a Red Line Metro Rail train has struck a customer at the Van Ness-UDC station. WMATA reports: "A six-car Red Line train headed toward Shady Grove was pulling into the station around...
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Equipment supposed to detect stopped trains on the rails in Washington's Metro system was repaired five days before the June 22 DC train crash, revealed the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday, July 1.The detectors still failed to work, causing a train...
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UPDATE | 11:30 am PST, June 24 — The names of all 9 people killed in the Metro crash are identified.3:00pm PST, June 23 — the death toll has again been adjusted to 9.8:30am PST, June 23 — the death...
Washington, DC - While dining at California Tortilla I read the DC Examiner's cover story on crime being up in the Metro System. Then, I stepped outside and I looked across Connecticut Avenue. Transit Police were...
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Washington, DC – Last week, a 38-year-old WMATA bus driver, Shawn Brim afooted from his bus, checked his mirrors, punched McGruff the Crime Dog in the face, and then returned to his route. He was stopped and...
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Washington, DC - An automobile apparently struck the rear of a WMATA bus south of where Connecticut Avenue crosses Albemarle Street in Northwest DC around 4pm. Police, Fire and EMS on the scene were blocking 3...
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