Metro transit trains collide during rush hour near DC-Maryland border, killing 4, wounding 70

WASHINGTON — One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of Washington’s Monday evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of the trailing train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the first.

DC Metro chief: First train stopped, second ‘plowed into it’

WASHINGTON — The general manager of the Washington Metro says the two-train collision occurred when one train stopped at a platform near the Fort Totten station, and a second train hit it from behind.

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