On Monday evening, June 22, hospitals around the DC/Maryland/Virginia region began to care for people injured in a commuter train crash in Washington, D.C., that resulted in nine deaths and scores of injuries.
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., announced on its Web site that it treated seven patients, including one who remained in critical condition Thursday morning.
Of the two patients still being treated Thursday, one is in good condition. Another patient who had been admitted after the accident was released Tuesday night. Four were treated and released, the hospital's Web site said.
A spokesperson at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Md., said that the hospital saw two patients, one of which was a 17-year-old girl who was admitted and was in fair condition. The other patient was treated and released.
Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Md., located near the scene, received four patients by ambulance after the accident, said a hospital spokesperson. All four were treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.
Several other train passengers, the spokesperson said, were walk-ins Monday and Tuesday. All have been treated and released.
One train passenger, which CNN identified as nurse Jodie Wickett, said she was sending a text message on her phone when the impact occurred.
“I flew out of the seat and hit my head,” she told CNN.
Wickett remained at the scene to attend to some of the more than 75 people who were injured.
“People are just in very bad shape,” she said. “The people that were hurt, the ones that could speak, were calling back as we called out to them. Lots of people were upset and crying, but there were no screams.”
The crash took place when one commuter train on the red line slammed into a train that had stopped. The accident took place at 5 p.m. EDT on an elevated track near D.C.’s border with Takoma Park.
News reports also said patients were taken to Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., announced on its Web site that it treated seven patients, including one who remained in critical condition Thursday morning.
Of the two patients still being treated Thursday, one is in good condition. Another patient who had been admitted after the accident was released Tuesday night. Four were treated and released, the hospital's Web site said.
A spokesperson at Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Md., said that the hospital saw two patients, one of which was a 17-year-old girl who was admitted and was in fair condition. The other patient was treated and released.
Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Md., located near the scene, received four patients by ambulance after the accident, said a hospital spokesperson. All four were treated and released with non-life threatening injuries.
Several other train passengers, the spokesperson said, were walk-ins Monday and Tuesday. All have been treated and released.
One train passenger, which CNN identified as nurse Jodie Wickett, said she was sending a text message on her phone when the impact occurred.
“I flew out of the seat and hit my head,” she told CNN.
Wickett remained at the scene to attend to some of the more than 75 people who were injured.
“People are just in very bad shape,” she said. “The people that were hurt, the ones that could speak, were calling back as we called out to them. Lots of people were upset and crying, but there were no screams.”
The crash took place when one commuter train on the red line slammed into a train that had stopped. The accident took place at 5 p.m. EDT on an elevated track near D.C.’s border with Takoma Park.
News reports also said patients were taken to Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.
