Jiragen kasa na DC Metro sun yi karo: 6 sun mutu, da dama sun jikkata

WASHINGTON – Wani jirgin kasan metro da ya fado a bayan wani a tsakiyar daren jiya litinin a babban birnin kasar, ya kashe akalla mutane shida tare da raunata wasu da dama yayin da motocin jirgin da ke bin sa suka yi dafifi da iska sannan suka fada saman na farko. .

Motocin jiragen kasa guda biyu sun bude tare da farfasa su tare, kuma mai magana da yawun hukumar kashe gobara ta gundumar Columbia Alan Etter ya ce matukan jirgin sun yanke wasu mutane daga abin da ya bayyana a matsayin "hatsarin da ya yi sanadiyar rayuka da dama." Ma'aikatan ceto sun tallata matakan karfe har zuwa manyan motocin jirgin kasa don taimakawa wadanda suka tsira da rayukansu su tsere. Kujerun motocin da aka fasa sun zube kan titin.

Magajin garin DC Adrian Fenty ya ce shida sun mutu. Shugaban hukumar kashe gobara Dennis Rubin ya ce ma’aikatan ceto sun yi wa mutane 70 jinya a wurin da lamarin ya faru, inda aka tura wasu daga cikinsu asibitocin yankin, biyu da suka samu munanan raunuka. Wani jami’in hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ya ce wadanda suka mutu sun hada da ma’aikaciyar jirgin da ke bin jirgin. Har yanzu dai ba a bayyana sunanta ba.

Hadarin da ya yi da misalin karfe 5 na yamma EDT ya faru ne a kan layin ja na tsarin, mafi yawan zirga-zirgar Metro, wanda ke tafiya kasa kasa tsawon tsawonsa amma yana kan matakin kasa a wurin da hatsarin ya afku a kusa da iyakar Maryland a arewa maso gabashin Washington.

Shugaban Metro John Catoe ya ce an dakatar da jirgin na farko a kan tituna, yana jiran wani zai share tashar a gaba, lokacin da jirgin da ke bin bayansa ya shiga cikinsa daga baya. Kowane jirgin kasa yana da motoci shida kuma yana iya ɗaukar mutane kusan 1,200.

Jami’ai ba su da wani bayani kan hadarin. Hukumar Kula da Sufuri ta Kasa ta dauki nauyin gudanar da binciken tare da tura wata tawaga zuwa wurin da aka yi hatsari mafi muni a cikin shekaru 33 na tsarin Metro.

Fiye da ma’aikatan kashe gobara 200 daga DC, Maryland da Virginia ne suka taru a wurin. Sabrina Webber, 'yar shekara 45, dillalin gidaje da ke zaune a unguwar, ta ce masu ceto na farko da suka isa sai sun yi amfani da "gudun rayuwa" don buɗe shingen waya a kan layin dogo don isa jirgin.

Webber ya yi tsere zuwa wurin bayan ya ji ƙara mai ƙarfi kamar "hadarin tsawa" sannan ya yi shiru. Ta ce babu fargaba a cikin wadanda suka tsira.

Fasinja Jodie Wickett, wata ma’aikaciyar jinya, ta gaya wa CNN cewa tana zaune a kan jirgin kasa daya, tana aika saƙonnin rubutu a wayarta, lokacin da ta ji tasirin. Ta ce ta aika da wani sako cewa ji take kamar jirgin ya yi karo da juna.

"Daga wannan lokacin, abin ya faru da sauri, na tashi daga wurin zama na buga kai." Wickett ta ce ta tsaya a wurin kuma ta yi ƙoƙari ta taimaka. Ta ce "mutane suna cikin mummunan hali."

"Mutanen da suka ji rauni, wadanda za su iya magana, sun sake kira yayin da muka kira su," in ji ta. "Mutane da yawa sun fusata kuma suna kuka, amma babu kururuwa."

Wani mutum ya ce yana kan keke yana haye gadar da ke kan titin Metro lokacin da karar hadarin ya dauki hankalinsa.

"Ban ga wani firgici ba," in ji Barry Student. "Dukkan lamarin ya kasance na gaske."

Mai magana da yawun ma'aikatar tsaron cikin gida Amy Kudwa ta ce kasa da sa'o'i biyu bayan hadarin, hukumomin tarayya ba su da wata alaka ta ta'addanci.

"Ban san dalilin wannan hatsarin ba," in ji Metro's Catoe. "Zan iya cewa tsarin yana da lafiya, amma mun sami wani lamari."

Wani lokaci guda daya tilo a cikin tarihin shekaru 33 na Metrorail da aka samu asarar fasinja shi ne ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1982, lokacin da mutane uku suka mutu sakamakon tsautsayi a karkashin gari. Wannan wata rana ce ta bala'i a babban birnin kasar - jim kadan kafin hadarin jirgin karkashin kasa, wani jirgin saman Air Florida ya kutsa cikin gadar 14th Street nan da nan bayan tashinsa a cikin wata mummunar guguwar dusar ƙanƙara daga filin jirgin saman Washington na haye kogin Potomac. Hadarin jirgin ya kashe mutane 78.