{"id":121376,"date":"2021-05-05T09:39:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T01:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121376"},"modified":"2021-05-05T09:39:55","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T01:39:55","slug":"deadliest-metro-accidents-around-the-world-since-1975","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=121376","title":{"rendered":"Deadliest metro accidents around the world since 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Deadliest-metro-accidents-around-the-world-since-1975.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Deadliest-metro-accidents-around-the-world-since-1975.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MEXICO CITY, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some of the worst accidents on metros over the past four decades:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 July 15, 2014 \u2013 RUSSIA: At least 22 people die and more than 200 are injured after a train derails on Moscow\u2019s packed metro during the rush hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 June 22, 2009 \u2013 UNITED STATES: A head-on collision between two subway trains in Washington leaves nine people dead and more than 70 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 July 3, 2006 \u2013 SPAIN: In the eastern city of Valencia, a metro train traveling at twice the speed limit of 40 kilometers (25 miles) an hour derails, leaving 43 dead and 39 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 February 18, 2003 \u2013 SOUTH KOREA: A fire started by a man trying to commit suicide destroys two metro trains, killing 198 and injuring 147 in Daegu, in the southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 October 28, 1995 \u2013 AZERBAIJAN: 292 people die and 168 are injured when a fire breaks out on the Baku metro when a train is between two stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 November 18, 1987 \u2013 BRITAIN: A fire on a wooden escalator in London\u2019s King\u2019s Cross underground station kills 31 and injures 150.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 February 4, 1977 \u2013 UNITED STATES: In Chicago, an elevated railway train topples on to the street below after being hit by another train. Eleven are killed and more than 200 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 October 20, 1975 \u2013 MEXICO: In Mexico City, two metro trains ram into each other leaving 23 dead and 55 injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013 February 28, 1975: BRITAIN: A driver\u2019s error in a tunnel in the London Underground at Moorgate station leaves 43 dead and more than 100 injured. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEXICO CITY, May 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when an elevated metro line collapsed in Mexico City. Here are some of the worst accidents on metros over the past four decades: \u2013 July 15, 2014 \u2013 RUSSIA: At least 22 people die and more than 200 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":121379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,215,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121376"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}