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| Fatal crash on US subway system | |
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| Two rush-hour subway trains have collided in Washington DC, killing at least two people and injuring several others, officials say. | |
| Washington transport officials said "massive injuries" had been reported. | |
| "Metro reports that two trains collided and one train is on top of the other train," it said in a statement. | "Metro reports that two trains collided and one train is on top of the other train," it said in a statement. |
| The crash happened above ground between the Fort Totten and Takoma Park stations on the Metro system's red line at 1700 local time (2200 BST). | |
| "At this point right now we can confirm that there are two fatalities," the transport authority said in a statement. | |
| Washington fire spokesman Alan Etter told the Associated Press news agency the crash was developing into a "mass casualty event". | Washington fire spokesman Alan Etter told the Associated Press news agency the crash was developing into a "mass casualty event". |
| He said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out. He said there were severely injured people, but gave no indication of how many. | He said crews were cutting apart the trains to get people out. He said there were severely injured people, but gave no indication of how many. |
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| The general manager of the Washington subway John Catoe told reporters at the scene the authorities were trying to determine what had happened. | The general manager of the Washington subway John Catoe told reporters at the scene the authorities were trying to determine what had happened. |
| "We're working... to make sure that we get everyone outside of the train - those who need medical attention, that they can get medical attention, and those who are not seriously injured are being walked out of the train," he said. | "We're working... to make sure that we get everyone outside of the train - those who need medical attention, that they can get medical attention, and those who are not seriously injured are being walked out of the train," he said. |
| "We know that they've taken over 60 people off the train but as far as injuries are concerned we do not have a confirmed number on injuries." | "We know that they've taken over 60 people off the train but as far as injuries are concerned we do not have a confirmed number on injuries." |
| Passenger Jodie Wickett told CNN it felt like the trains had hit each other head-on. | |
| "People were just in very bad shape," she said. | |
| But BBC correspondent Richard Lister said at this stage it seemed both trains had been going in the same direction, on the same line, when there was a derailment of some kind. | |
| One of the carriages of one of the six-car trains has been left on top of a carriage of one of the other trains, he said. | One of the carriages of one of the six-car trains has been left on top of a carriage of one of the other trains, he said. |
| Our correspondent said the accident happened at the peak of rush hour, on what is a popular and busy commuter line. | Our correspondent said the accident happened at the peak of rush hour, on what is a popular and busy commuter line. |
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