BREAKING - News4 has obtained audio from yesterday’s Blue Line derailment - detailing what happened with the train and tracks.
Train 407 reported a stuck holding brake @nbcwashington #wmata @charlienbc
“407….leaving…uh….leaving Rosslyn. We have a stuck holding brake”
Railcar #7200 then came off the tracks #wmata @nbcwashington @charlienbc
“From our angle looks like 7200...trucks…uh…wheels came off the tracks”
“We got the right…uh…rear trucks 7200…on the ground…over” #wmata
A safety inspector then found pieces of the train on the tracks #wmata
“At this time central…ahhh….advise…I do on the…adjacent track. I do see one of the…uh…uhhhh…train components. Looks to be a part of the…uh….uh trucks. And it’s real close to the adjacent track.”
And finally, almost an hour and a half after it started, the evacuations came #wmata
“Finally…finally….the first person is evacuating from the train. We are starting our evacuation from this Arlington Cemetery portal off to Arlington Cemetery platform number 2…over”
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