🌱 Patch AM: How today’s Metro Center crash is snarling your Silver and Orange Line commute

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In today's newsletter:

• How today’s Metro Center crash is snarling your Silver and Orange Line commute
• How a new DC-launched safety push could change driving nationwide

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 9 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Michelle G.!

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Warmer with a shower or two, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.
• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 81, low: 54.
• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 78 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• 11 injured after WMATA work vehicle strikes stationary train at Metro Center Station (fox5dc.com) — A late-night collision between a WMATA work vehicle and a stationary train at Metro Center injured 11 people and is still causing major delays for D.C. riders today. Silver Line trains are only running between Ashburn and Clarendon, with single‑tracking and significant slowdowns between McPherson Square and Smithsonian, so plan extra time and be ready to transfer to the Orange Line if heading toward New Carrollton or Downtown Largo.    

• Trump administration, NHTSA unveil ‘extensive' plan to cut road deaths (newstribune.com) — From Washington, federal traffic safety officials have rolled out a sweeping new “Pathways to Safer Streets” program aimed at cutting U.S. road deaths through tougher enforcement and new technology. While nationally focused, the NHTSA initiative and its emphasis on law enforcement, fines, and AI-powered tools could shape how traffic safety is handled on streets in and around DC.    

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📸 Around Washington

📸 New bronze bison statues at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History —Michelle G.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Washington

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 25

• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave., Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday April 22

• DC Science Comedy: What On Earth?
  DC Improv Comedy Club , 1140 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington
  8:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• The Taste of Iceland Festival April 23-25
  Eaton DC , 1201 K St NW , Washington
  10:00 am
• April 23 - Nationwide Days of Second Chances Job Fair
  2826 Q St SE , Washington
  10:00 am
• Silver and Brass Heirloom Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm Street Suite 9 McLean, VA 22101
  10:00 am
• Silver & Brass Heirloom Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm St , McLean
  10:00 am
• DC Scores Game Day: Bunker Hill ES vs. Brightwood ES
  Bunker Hill Soccer Field
  4:00 pm
• EMMA GREDE: Start With Yourself Book Tour
  The Howard Theatre , 620 T St NW , Washington
  7:00 pm
• Kountry Wayne (stand-up comedy)
  DC Improv Comedy Club , 1140 Connecticut Ave NW , Washington
  7:30 pm

Friday April 24

• St. Paul & The Broken Bones
  9:30 Club , 815 V St NW , Washington
  8:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• The Yards Launches Inaugural Waterfront Wellness Weekend in D.C.
  The Sundeck at The Yards Park, 355 Water St SE, Washington, DC, 20003
  8:00 am
• Sassy Saturday DC Drag Brunch
  1610 14th St NW , Washington
  9:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Do You Know Your Human Rights? DC Parade Sparks the Question —Chas Smith Read on Patch

• LOCATED: Kyree Proctor has been located safely.
  Thank you. Alert. Alert! Missing 12-year-old Kyree Proctor. Last seen on 04/20/2026 at approximately 0700 Hours in the 2800 block of Crestwick Pl… (Nextdoor )
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  I live in NW DC (Cathedral Heights Area). If interested, please reach out to me (solo, woman, 71 yo) @ e-mail mmtworks02@icloud.com / call or text… (Nextdoor Wesley Heights Central)

• Giant Food of Maryland, LLC posted a job opening for PT Service Clerk - Florist - 2381 in Washington. Apply here.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

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