Eleven people reported non-life-threatening injuries early Wednesday after a work vehicle struck the rear car of a Silver Line train at Metro Center just after midnight, bringing the final Silver Line run of the night to a stop.
Metro officials said the train was holding at the station when the vehicle made contact. There were 27 customers on board, and passengers who did not report injuries were moved to another train and continued toward Downtown Largo.
The incident happened at Metro Center in Washington, D.C., near the end of service on April 22, 2026. Metro personnel were not seriously injured.
The collision is still under investigation as crews try to determine what caused it. In the meantime, WMATA said Silver Line service is single-tracking and Orange/Blue Line trains are facing significant delays, spreading the impact well beyond the station where the crash occurred.
For riders, the immediate question is no longer how many were hurt. It is how long a late-night collision at one of the system’s busiest transfer points will keep rippling through service, and whether investigators can quickly explain how a work vehicle reached a train that was already at the platform.
