Genre: News > India

Jun 23, 2009: At least six people were killed and several others injured in a collision between two metro trains in Washington DC on Monday evening.

 

The mishap occurred when a derailed metro train was hit by a train coming from opposite direction.

 

Many of the commuters, who were trapped, were rescued after firefighters cut open the carriages.

 

A probe has been ordered into the accident.

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Background

On April 29, four people were killed and 11 others injured when an unidentified person drove an EMU out of Chennai railway station, which later collided with a goods train at Vysarpadi.

In July 2008, 32 passengers, including a pregnant woman were charred to death when fire broke out in the Kakinada-bound Gautami Express in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh.

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