Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray will join relatives of the metro crash victims, first responders, and the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board to unveil the plaque in the victims’ honor on Friday morning. The plaque will be located near the crash site.
In June 2009, nine people were killed in a Metrorail crash in northeast D.C. The crash was the deadliest crash in the transit system’s history. A faulty electric circuit caused two trains to collide near the Fort Totten station, killing a train operator and eight people, and leaving 80 others injured.
