Metro accident...

[roh_wyn]

There's been a Metro accident in Washington DC (on the Red Line, near the DC-MD border).

One person is reported dead and apparently, they are treating this as a "mass casualty event."

Keep all the Metro commuters in your thoughts.

Comments

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm glad you weren't on the train or anything! Hope nobody you know was in that either.

[dcwash.livejournal.com]

No, but a friend of mine lives right by the station where this happened. She's okay, though. Everybody else I know either commutes from Virginia--different line, different direction, different everything--or from within DC, and this train was coming into town from Maryland.

Thanks for your concern, though!

[roh-wyn.livejournal.com]

My parents lived in the DC area (on the Virginia side) for years, but my dad always rode the Red Line to work. I know loads of people who are regular Metro commuters (although mostly on the Blue or Orange lines).

I know stuff like this happens everywhere. We had an interstate bridge fall down here, after all. Still, it's plenty scary.