 At approximately 4 : 57 pm EDT ( 20 : 57 UTC ) on Monday , June 22 , 2009 , Washington Metro Train 112 , bound from Glenmont for Shady Grove , left the Takoma station . Minutes later at 5 : 02 pm , Train 112 rear @-@ ended Train 214 , which was stopped between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations while waiting for another train to leave the Fort Totten station . Nine people were killed , including the operator in the lead car of the moving train , <unk> McMillan , 42 , of Springfield , Virginia ; at least 80 people were injured . The death toll makes the crash the deadliest in Metro history . 
