Washington DC Train Crash

- Date: June 22, 2009
- Location: Washington, DC
- Time: Roughly 5:00 p.m. EST
- Red line trains involved
- Occurred between theTakoma and Fort Totten stations
- Early reports stated 70 were injured, at least two dead
- Near Catholic University
- Said to be a head-on collision
- Trains were filled with rush-hour passengers

Two passenger trains collided in Washington DC, on the afternoon of June 22, 2009. At least seven people were killed and over 70 people were injured. The operator of the train that slammed into the back of the other train was identified as Jeanice McMillan.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062300653_2.html?sid=ST2009062300980
The two subway trains on the red line crashed between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations. As the investigation into the cause of the crash continued on June 23, 2009, parts of the Red Line and MARC's Brunswick line were shut down.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/06/23/ST2009062300980.html

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