Washington Metropolitan Area Transit - Train Collision

[ScanManQSL]

This is from NBC4.com




Metro Trains Collide Between Takoma, Fort Totten

By MATTHEW STABLEY


WASHINGTON -- Two Metro trains collided between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations on the Red Line, resulting in at least one fatality, D.C. Fire and EMS Department spokesman Alan Etter said. A six-car train headed toward Shady Grove derailed between those Metrorail stations and was involved in a collision with another train at 5 p.m. today, Monday, June 22, according to preliminary reports.

The collision took place above ground.

Officials have confirmed one fatality. There are numerous other injuries. Passengers are currently still trapped in the trains; emergency workers are using tools to cut them from the wreckage.

A witness told Bensen that it appeared that one train car looked like it was on top of another train car.

Trains are not traveling between the Brookland and Fort Totten stations. Shuttle service is being established, but Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato advised riders to completely avoid the Red Line this afternoon and evening.

Trains are operating between Glenmont and Brookland and between Shady Grove and Brookland stations and from Glenmont to Takoma Metrorail stations for the remainder of the day.

Emergency officials are responding to the scene.

[Bote]

I changed the McLean Relay Station to just District fire, they are buzzing with activity from the Red Line scene.

http://colostreaming.com:8106/

Channel 7 news just showed what looked like in the distance to be one train into and under another, lifting the second train up in the air. So far talk of 12 patients, so this is a biggie.

Bote

[chaz0426]

I'm in arlington VA and just out of range of EMS and Police in that area but got some chatter over the metro channels.

[chaz0426]

Oh nice, thanks for the live online feed!

[hdralleiii]

Current info from WMATA and Fire/EMS confirms a head-on collision between 2 Red Line trains between Takoma Park and Ft Totten stations. 1 train car on top of another and DC Fire/EMS treating this as an MCI incident. 2 confirmed fatalities at this point and 60+ injuries. Many still trapped in in the train cars and currently being extricated. Scene does not look good...

More details to follow as they become available...

[ScanManQSL]

Bote, Thank you for your SHOUTcast feed!

[chaz0426]

I'm hearing a lot of chatter about red tags and green tags ect. what does that mean?

[evan]

Originally Posted by chaz0426

I'm hearing a lot of chatter about red tags and green tags ect. what does that mean?

Most likely triage tags used to label the severity of injuries of victims.

Usually:
green=minor
yellow=non-life threatening
red=life-threatening
black=death/imminent death

[chaz0426]

ohh ok I assume red means more severe and green less severe.

[rdale]

Yes. It is safe to assume that "life threatening" is more severe than "minor". Life threatening means that the person is (or will be) close to death. Minor means it's an injury, but the person won't die from it. Do a search on "triage" if there's still some question.

[ScanManQSL]

Originally Posted by chaz0426

ohh ok I assume red means more severe and green less severe.

You are correct... Hopfully this explains a little better regarding triage tags.



* Red tags - (immediate) are used to label those who cannot survive without immediate treatment but who have a chance of survival.

* Yellow tags - (observation) for those who require observation (and possible later re-triage). Their condition is stable for the moment and, they are not in immediate danger of death. These victims will still need hospital care and would be treated immediately under normal circumstances.

* Green tags - (wait) are reserved for the "walking wounded" who will need medical care at some point, after more critical injuries have been treated.

* White tags - (dismiss) are given to those with minor injuries for whom a doctor's care is not required.

* Black tags - (expectant) are used for the deceased and for those whose injuries are so extensive that they will not be able to survive given the care that is available.

[chaz0426]

ohh ok thanks. Wow I was just on that same route at 3pm on Friday. If that had happened then I could have been on that train. Scary stuff! I don't take the metro very often either, No more metro for me.

[pro106import]

Thank You for the great feed. I am using Winamp. Sadly, they just said there are 5 Black tags now.

[chaz0426]

news still hasn't said anything about 5 dead.

[pro106import]

Originally Posted by chaz0426

news still hasn't said anything about 5 dead.

Yeah he said later that they have one code black still on the train and one more taken out extricated. So I think the count will be up to 6 now- yes nothing on the news yet.
Bob

[chaz0426]

yeah the past hour the news has been reporting 6 dead. So hopefully that is all. What a crazy evening.

[pro106import]

Yes hope that is all there will be. But I don't like the sound of that crushed car which is compacted to 1/4 of its original size. Yikes.

[ScanManQSL]

DC Fire Feed posted the train derailment incident audio recording.

Metro Train Derailment 06/22/09 from 17:01 Hrs to 20:30 Hrs
http://www.dcfirefeed.com/archives/r...derailment.wav (64.5MB audio file / 2Hrs 21Mins)

[Bote]

Originally Posted by ScanManQSL

DC Fire Feed posted the train derailment incident audio recording.

Metro Train Derailment 06/22/09 from 17:01 Hrs to 20:30 Hrs
http://www.dcfirefeed.com/archives/r...derailment.wav (64.5MB audio file / 2Hrs 21Mins)

That's cool to have, but with something that big it would be nicer for us and him (bandwidth savings) if he converted it to a fairly stingy mp3 file.

64MB Mercy!