At least 9 killed and dozens injured in Washington DC Metro train crash

The worst ever Metro train crash accident in the history of Washington metropolitan area occured Monday afternoon just before 5 p.m., a rush hour time for the America's capital. Two subway trains collided on an above-ground track in the northeast outskirts of the city between Takoma Park-Maryland and Fort Totten stations along the Red Line. From preliminary investigations, it came out that one train in high speed smashed from behind into another one which was stationary waiting for clearance. At first impression it looked like the moving train ran on top and jumped over the train which was stopped but at the 8:30 p.m press conference NTSB spokesman declared that it was not known yet which train was on top - the trailing train or the stalled one. Initially at least four people were confirmed dead and at least 60 wounded but according to the last updates it seems that the death toll raised to 9 and more than 100 were seriously injured in the incident. The rescue teams arrived at the crash site about 10 to 15 minutes later.
The 9 p.m. updates reported six fatalities of the accident.
The last updates announce 9 dead people.
Video Washington subway train crash tragedy.