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A total of 84 patients were transported to area hospitals,
and scores more were evaluated at the scene, said Khalid
Naji-Allah, a program analyst with the District of Columbia Fire
Department.
Richard Sarles, the general manager of the region's Metro
system, told reporters one woman died and two people were
critically injured in the incident at L'Enfant Plaza station
that caused major disruptions on many of the system's subway
lines.
Mike Flanigon, a railroad accident investigator with the
National Transportation Safety Board, said electrical arcing
involving the charged third rail ahead of the train filled the
tunnel with smoke.
Flanigon added that the train, which was headed toward the
Pentagon, did not derail and that there was no fire inside.
The system, which operates in Washington and nearby Virginia and
Maryland suburbs, is the second-busiest nationally in terms of
passengers carried after New York City's subway network.
(Reporting by Peter Cooney; Additional reporting by Alex
Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Eric Beech, Eric Walsh
and Kenneth Maxwell)
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