MARC vs. Metro: Eight injured when train clips bus

Published March 26, 2009 4:00am ET



Eight people suffered minor injuries when a MARC commuter train in Hyattsville hit a stopped Metrobus, which then struck another bus, authorities said.

It happened near Queensbury Road and Rhode Island Avenue in the Riverdale Park section of track. Shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday, the passenger train clipped the back end of a Metrobus, which was then knocked into another Metrobus, Prince George’s fire department spokesman Mark Brady said.

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