Metro Washington DC and Unexpected Accidents
Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere. Lots of people have already died because of this. In Washington Metro, many accidents have occurred from many years ago and until now. Many individuals have suffered from injuries and wounds. There are also people who died at Washington Metro because of accidents. Some people stated that the reason why several of accidents have occurred is that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority or WMATA ignored safety precautions. They do not also ask suggestions from the experts. Accidents can be avoided if they have done this.
The first accident that happened in Metrorail is on January 6, 1996. In this accident, only one person died and this man was an operator of Washington Metro. The reason why this accident happened is that the train lost control and was unable to stop. The train failed to stop because there was something wrong on the train’s computer-controlled braking system. The Washington Metro has received an advice from the National Transportation Safety Board or the NTSB that their operators should use a braking system that is manually operated to prevent this kind of incident. Another accident at Metro occurs in November 3, 2004. In this accident, 20 people were injured and luckily no one died. This accident happened because the out of service Red Line Train move backward into the Woodley Park-Zoo station. It crashed into a stopped in service train. After this, Metro officers decided to put a total of 300 rail cars as a protection and to avoid any accidents from occurring.
Accidents in Washington Metro did not stop because another accident happened in this area on June 22, 2009. In this situation, there were two trains smashed against each other and they are both on the Red Line. The running train crashed in the back of the stopped train. There were passengers who were trapped inside the train. Some of them were injured and wounded while others were already dead. The rescue operation lasted for more than one hour because the rescuers found it hard to get the trapped passengers out of the train. Because of this, the New tria laser hair removal in Hampshire Avenue was closed and the Red Line service stopped its operation between the Forth Totten station and Takoma station. The last accident that occurred in Washington Metro was on November 29, 2009 at Falls Church rail yard in Fairfax Country, Virginia. The accident was between two trains that were both not in service. The cause of this accident is the three rail cars were damaged and they were not fixed yet. The operator of the train was also one of the reasons why this accident happened. He was not careful enough and he did not follow the standard procedures in operating the train. There were twelve cars that were damaged during the incident. Aside from this, there were two cars that were spoiled. The victims of this accident were the workers of the train. These workers were all injured and wounded.
Train accidents are not just in Washington Metro but it also happens in different train stations all over the world.