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Metro had a string of three fatal accidents involving track workers in a little over a year. [22] In October 2005, a Metro employee was struck and killed at the Braddock Road station on the Blue and Yellow Lines. [23] In May 2006, another Metro employee died after being hit by a Red Line train at Dupont Circle station. [24]
A typical 5000-Series car similar to the stopped train in the crash at Branch Avenue Yard. The 1000-Series entered service in 1976 when the Metro system opened, and were refurbished and had their motors converted from DC to AC propulsion by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie in the mid-1990s. In 2006, the NTSB cited the 1000-Series cars as ...
The list includes notable accidents with at least 5 deaths, which either occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other significance. For crashes that killed notable people, refer to the list of people who died in traffic collisions. This list records crashes from the year 2000. For earlier crashes, see list of traffic collisions (before ...
Metro and the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority said it is reviewing its policies and working with police in the wake of the fatal crash. The agency said it was unaware of the driver's ...
Roughly 93 million passengers rode on Metro's trains in 2019, but that dipped to nearly 52 million in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic led many Metro customers to stop riding.
The crash killed six people, including the driver of the SUV, who has been identified as 49-year-old mother of three, Ellen Brody. Driver of SUV, two others identified in Metro-North crash that ...
One third of fatal accidents involve alcohol. [5] Deaths from speeding exceeded 12,000, half of which involved drivers not wearing a seatbelt, and a third of which involved male drivers aged 15 to 20. [6] Most deaths were occupants of cars, but 17% were pedestrians, 14% were motorcyclists and 2% were cyclists. [5]
L.A. County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn called the incident a "real-life nightmare" and lauded the bus driver and law enforcement during Wednesday's news conference.