On Monday, June 22, 2009, about 4:58 p.m., eastern daylight time,
inbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail
train 112 struck the rear of stopped inbound Metrorail train 214.
The accident occurred on aboveground track on the Metrorail Red
Line near the Fort Totten station in Washington, D.C. The lead car
of train 112 struck the rear car of train 214, causing the rear car
of train 214 to telescope into the lead car of train 112, resulting
in a loss of occupant survival space in the lead car of about 63
feet (about 84 percent of its total length). Nine people aboard
train 112, including the train operator, were killed. Emergency
response agencies reported transporting 52 people to local
hospitals. Damage to train equipment was estimated to be $12
million.
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