{"product_id":"2940148859062","title":"Collision of Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail Trains Near Fort Totten Station Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2009)","description":"On Monday, June 22, 2009, about 4:58 p.m., eastern daylight time, inbound Washington \u003cbr\u003eMetropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train 112 struck the rear of stopped inbound Metrorail train \u003cbr\u003e214. The accident occurred on aboveground track on the Metrorail Red Line near the Fort Totten station \u003cbr\u003ein Washington, D.C. The lead car of train 112 struck the rear car of train 214, causing the rear car of train \u003cbr\u003e214 to telescope into the lead car of train 112, resulting in a loss of occupant survival space in the lead car \u003cbr\u003eof about 63 feet (about 84 percent of its total length). Nine people aboard train 112, including the train \u003cbr\u003eoperator, were killed. Emergency response agencies reported transporting 52 people to local hospitals. \u003cbr\u003eDamage to train equipment was estimated to be $12 million. \u003cbr\u003eAs a result of its investigation of this accident, the National Transportation Safety Board makes \u003cbr\u003erecommendations to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Transit Administration, the TriState Oversight Committee, the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit \u003cbr\u003eAuthority, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Alstom Signaling Inc., and six transit \u003cbr\u003esystems that use General Railway Signal Company track circuit modules (Massachusetts Bay \u003cbr\u003eTransportation Authority, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Greater Cleveland \u003cbr\u003eRegional Transit Authority, Metropolitan Atlanta Regional Transportation Authority, Los Angeles \u003cbr\u003eCounty Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Chicago Transit Authority).","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148956975344,"sku":"2940148859062","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148859062_p0.jpg?v=1763708997","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148859062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}