Showing posts with label metro. Show all posts
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Monday, April 3, 2017

Video - Suspected IED Explosion at St. Petersburg metro, at least 10 people killed & 20 wounded - Live report


Suspected IED Explosion at St. Petersburg metro, several feared dead. .
Coincidence?







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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Video - 20 dead, more than 100 injured in Moscow metro accident .



Video - 20 dead, more than 100 injured in Moscow metro accident. (RBTH).
During rush hour in the morning of July 15, three train cars derailed between the Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. 
The derailment was caused by a sudden braking as a result of a drop in contact wire voltage. One train car was seriously damaged. According to latest reports, the accident has claimed 20 lives and more than 100 people have suffered injuries. An official statement on the Moscow metro website said there was smoke on the line before the cars came off the rail.

"There was smoke at the Park Pobedy station and contact wire voltage was turned off," the statement read. Moscow emergency services officials confirmed the metro statement. 

Approximately 120 passengers were injured and 106 have been taken to city hospitals. About a third of them are in serious condition, according to an emergency services official. 

About 200 people have been evacuated from the metro. Moscow emergency situations department spokesman Viktor Biryukov said earlier that an eyewitness reported sudden braking of a train on the Slavyansky Boulevard - Park Pobedy stretch at 8:39 a.m. 

Firemen arrived at the scene at 8:45 a.m. A criminal inquiry is pending into the accident, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Interfax. "Detectives are working at the accident scene. A criminal inquiry is pending. A number of tests will be done to expose the causes of the accident," Markin said.More here.

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Sunday, March 4, 2012

'Go to hell Barack': Row over Washington Metro ad



'Go to hell Barack': Row over Washington Metro ad.(Yahoo).In the heat of a US presidential election year, with Americans immune to the polarized and bitter nature of political discourse, it takes a lot to shock them, especially in Washington.
But one ad at a DC Metro station -- which starts off criticizing Obama's health care reforms and ends up telling the president to "go to hell" -- goes beyond the pale, says Jim Moran, a Democratic congressman from Virginia.
The advertisement is for "Sick and Sicker: When the Government Becomes Your Doctor," a documentary that interviews Canadian doctors and patients in the hope of showing how dangerous "Obamacare" is for the American people.
"Barack Obama wants politicians and bureaucrats to control America’s entire medical system. Go to hell Barack," the ad says.Moran wrote a letter to Metro general manager Richard Sarles calling for the removal of the advertisement."The ad is deeply disrespectful of the President of the United States and does not belong in the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) network," he wrote.
It turns out that such language is within the accepted limits of American law and such advertisements are protected under the First Amendment of the US constitution, guaranteeing free speech."WMATA advertising has been ruled by the courts as a public forum protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution, and we may not decline ads based on their political content," the Metro authority said in a written statement.
"WMATA does not endorse the advertising on our system, and ads do not reflect the position of the Authority."Read the full story here.
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