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Breaking: Nine killed in Washington-area Metro train collision
CNN ^ | 6/22/2009 | n/a

Posted on 06/22/2009 2:31:06 PM PDT by Pyro7480

CNN producer Vito Maggiolo saying "one train on top of each other."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dcmetro; metro; rail; subway; traincrash; trainwreck; wmata
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To: rabscuttle385

I wonder how it looks to the left of the one on top- is one of the cars crushed?

Bizarre.


41 posted on 06/22/2009 2:59:02 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Pyro7480

WUSA9

1 confirmed dead, 9 trapped in wreckage.


42 posted on 06/22/2009 2:59:02 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: COBOL2Java
Metro is advising that people avoid the Red Line for the rest of the day.

Gee, ya think?

43 posted on 06/22/2009 2:59:17 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Landru

Fox reporting one dead.


44 posted on 06/22/2009 2:59:57 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Pyro7480

Looks like it happened right about here, somewhat underneath New Hampshire NE.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Takoma+Park,+Maryland&sll=45.545246,-98.247005&sspn=0.033422,0.054245&g=tacoma+park&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FarNUgIdeepo-w&split=0&ll=38.960101,-77.005266&spn=0.005348,0.009087&t=h&z=17


45 posted on 06/22/2009 3:00:06 PM PDT by angkor
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To: TomGuy

Per FOX NEWS- possibly up to 50 injuries


46 posted on 06/22/2009 3:00:07 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: angkor; Jim Robinson
Unbelievable the snarky comments on this thread.

Hope not too many folks are hurt. "The hospitality of some of your posters has lessened of late, JimRobinson King . . ."

I've got angkor's back here. There are some posters around here who need to re-connect with simple human decency. Not everything is--or should be--fodder for snarky Internet jokes. Iran isn't. Neither is this. Perhaps if all you want to do is crack wise while people are dying, Fark.com might be a better site for you than Free Republic. Although I suspect there are many Farkers who will happily rip the new orifice some posters so richly deserve if they post the kind of callous "humor" that they're posting here on FR.

Cue the posters who will snippily tell me to "get a sense of humor." Meanwhile, I'll pray for the victims, their families, and their friends.

Meanwhile, as a public service:

People Dying = Not Funny. Pass it on.

47 posted on 06/22/2009 3:00:43 PM PDT by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
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To: Pyro7480

Makes no difference where it happened. Anywhere there is a metro it is a liberal enclave.

And quite frankly it makes no fun of any particular person. Certainly nobody involved in the crash. It is about political correctness and the fact liberals in general look at everything with an eye of scrutiny and trying to catch people (or in this case going the absurd length and seeing an inanimate object) doing something they think is wrong...

Libs are always on the lookout for ‘perceived wrongs’. Kind of like you responding to my post in the way you did.


48 posted on 06/22/2009 3:00:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: SE Mom

The interior of the upper car was crushed back almost a full car length. The shell split off and went up.

It’s is going to be very, very nasty.


49 posted on 06/22/2009 3:01:29 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: filbert

BTTT


50 posted on 06/22/2009 3:01:44 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Not sure, but looks like the one on the left had its bottom ripped out.

News here in Nashville is now reporting two dead.


51 posted on 06/22/2009 3:02:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: MediaMole

Prayers for all involved.


53 posted on 06/22/2009 3:02:48 PM PDT by tioga
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To: NativeNewYorker
Odd. That part of the system is above ground and reasonably straight, so in daylight the motorman should be able to see down the line.

Video looks like it was a on a sharp bend.

54 posted on 06/22/2009 3:02:56 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: MediaMole

Dear God how awful.

Bret Baier just reported multiple dead but only one confirmation so far.


55 posted on 06/22/2009 3:03:21 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Secret Agent Man

This is about liberal or conservative. It’s about “simple human decency,” as the poster above put it.


56 posted on 06/22/2009 3:03:30 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480

06/22/09 17:57 Metro reports that 2 train collided and one train is on top of the other train. Metro reports massive injuries at this time. The green line and the red line are affected. Further information to follow.

https://textalert.ema.dc.gov/latest.php


57 posted on 06/22/2009 3:03:34 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Pyro7480

Metro has a pretty poor safety record, and I’ve read that a lot of automated safeguards on other commuter rails aren’t in place with Metro. Oh well, I use it to get to and from DCA and for drinking purposes.


58 posted on 06/22/2009 3:03:36 PM PDT by ERJCaptain
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To: Secret Agent Man

Make that, this ISN’T about liberal or conservative. It’s about “simple human decency,” as the poster above put it.


59 posted on 06/22/2009 3:03:46 PM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: SE Mom

Thanks. Got it running right now.


60 posted on 06/22/2009 3:04:00 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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