Employee Hit by Train

Via RT @MCFirePIO MCFRS - Update photo of ongoing rescue. pic.twitter.com/XZsQ4CqF
Breaking. More details as/if I get them.

The victim is a mechanic with 25 years of experience, Metro says. Metro has just announced yet another "safety stand-down."

When asked what a safety stand-down means, a source said, "Considering all the stand downs we've had, nothing. Couch quarterbacks telling you what to do."

Source says victim missing one hand and one leg below the knee. #wmata

— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) May 29, 2012

MCFRS- update pt extricated. En route to trauma ctr. Scott

— Scott Graham (@MCFirePIO) May 29, 2012

Source: Victim still conscious. They're pulling him out. #wmata

— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) May 29, 2012

Sources say taking EMTs a long time to set up equipment to lift train. Easy access to victim via repair pit. Operator distraught. #wmata

— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) May 29, 2012

Employee was hit by train as train came out of wash. Incident happened at 3 mph at Shady Grove. Victim conscious but in bad shape. #wmata

— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) May 29, 2012

Metro employee injured in rail yard wmata.com/tiny.cfm?id=52…

— @wmata (@wmata) May 29, 2012

Hearing there has just been a serious incident in which a Metro employee was badly injured. #wmata

— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) May 29, 2012