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PHOTO: Going off the rails

Posted on: July 7, 2012

BY PAULA MINAERT — On July 6, rescue workers from around the area gathered at Ager Road and 29th Street to evacuate passengers from a Metro train that derailed close to the West Hyattsville station. Officials say the extreme heat caused a kink in the rails. Photo courtesy Paula Minaert.

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