Photos of the Metro train crash in Washington, D.C.

June 23, 2009 @ 5:01 pm

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Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images via Photo Journal

Yesterday’s train crash along the Metro Red Line between the Takoma and Fort Totten station in Washington, D.C. left 9 dead and many more injured. The accident is still under investigation and already it is being labeled the worst commuter rail disaster in Washington, D.C.’s history. Here are two images of the aftermath showing one train split in two by the other.

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Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP via Lens

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  1. Tim Lara says:
    June 24, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    it always boggles my mind when trades collide, it never made any sense to me… something terrible has to go wrong for 2 trains to collide right?

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