A history of major Metro crashes

Jan. 13, 1982

A Metro train derailed near the Federal Triangle stop, hitting a tunnel support. Three people were killed and 25 injured. The incident, which occurred on the same day that an Air Florida flight hit the 14th Street Bridge, was Metro’s previous most deadly crash.

Jan. 6, 1996

A Metro operator was killed when a train failed to stop at the Shady Grove stop on the Red Line during that year’s worst blizzard. The train ran onto and across the station platform and hit an unoccupied train.