Angel Walters’ name was added to a grim list over the weekend.
The 21-year-old Southeast District resident was struck and killed late Saturday by a bus as she tried to carry groceries into her home.
As the victims of Metro crashes mount, authorities have promised to overhaul their safety system.
It has been a harsh season for Metro, though. In the past three months, five people have died and dozens have been injured in bus and train crashes, including:
» Sally McGee and Martha S. Schoenborn. The two women were walking across Pennsylvania Avenue in a crosswalk near Seventh Street NW on Valentine’s Day when they were struck by a Metrobus. The bus driver, Victor Z. Kolaka, 53, of Southeast, has been charged with negligent homicide.
» Twenty people injured when a Metro train derailed as it approached the Mount Vernon Square station on Jan. 7.
» Leslie Arvell Cherry and Matthew Brooks. The two Metro workers were checking the track near the Eisenhower Avenue station in Alexandria on Nov. 30 when they were struck and killed by a Yellow Line train. The train operator, whose name has not been released, has been permanently barred from running a train or driving a bus.
