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.
Nov. 3, 2004
An empty Red Line Metro train rolled backward and smashed into a stopped train carrying about 70 passengers at the Woodley Park-Zoo station in Northwest D.C. around 1 p.m. Twenty passengers were injured, including a Metro employee.
Oct. 1, 2005
A Metro worker was killed two weeks after being hit by a train near the Braddock Road stop in Alexandria. A southbound train hit him as he bent over to pick up a cord after working on a retaining wall near the station. The worker’s supervisor had not alerted Metro’s control center to the presence of workers in the area, and the operator failed to blow the train’s horn upon seeing the worker.
May 15, 2006
A Metro senior mechanic died after being hit by a Red Line train at the Dupont Circle station. He was hit by a southbound train while trying to avoid a northbound train.
Jan. 7, 2007
A Green Line train carrying about 150 passengers derailed near the Mount Vernon Square station. Sixteen people were injured, and 60 others had to be rescued from an underground tunnel. At least one person was seriously injured.
– Compiled by Hayley Peterson and Maria Schmitt
