Train Derailment near DC

Amtrak Passenger Train Derails in Md. (washingtonpost.com) A Montgomery County fire department spokesman said an Amtrak train derailed in Kensington about 2:15 this afternoon.

The spokesman said six passenger cars are on their sides.

The accident occured in the 4100 block of Plyers Mill Road, near Connecticut Avenue, a major commuter thoroughfare.