Crime & Safety
Report: Alexandria Mom was Fatal Victim in Metro Emergency
Mother of two sons took the Metro every day to job in DC for 20 years, NBC-4 reports.
The woman who died after smoke filled the station and metro car at L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station on Tuesday was from Alexandria, according to reports by WUSA-9 and NBC-4.
Carol Glover, 61, was the mother of two and took the metro to work each day for the past 20 years, according to NBC-4’s report. According to her LinkedIn profile, she was a Senior Business Analyst at DKW COMMUNICATIONS, INC. and was a graduate of Drexel University.
She lived on N. Pelham Street off of Taney Avenue in Alexandria.
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The Office of the D.C. Medical Examiner has not released cause of death.
The station was evacuated and closed in the mid-afternoon as Metro Police and fire department investigated the issue. Metro activated tunnel fans to ventilate the area. More than 200 passengers were evaluated and dozens were hospitalized.
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Also read: Death Reported in Smoke Incident at L’Enfant Plaza
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PHOTO of Carol Glover via LinkedIn
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