Four people in a line for free groceries in Columbia Heights were injured earlier today when an errant sport utility vehicle struck them.

Metro officials have pinned this morning’s escalator accident on a woman’s bag or clothing getting snagged on a metal panel, but at least one rider who witnessed the incident says the panel was already loose.

It was a scary scene at the L’Enfant Plaza Metrorail station during rush hour this morning when five people were hurt in an escalator accident.

Initial reports of a Metrobus incident this morning were more frightening than what actually transpired, but a bus stopping suddenly to avoid hitting another vehicle was still rattling enough to send 13 passengers to the hospital for observation.

In every post that has appeared on this site regarding the death of Jayna Murray inside the Lululemon Athletica shop in Bethesda and the murder trial of her attacker Brittany Norwood, I haven’t been able to avoid using the word “brutal” to describe the crime. Such adjective usage was rather depressingly justified this morning.

Officials have announced that a female pedestrian who had was struck by a vehicle near the National Zoo this afternoon has died.

Prince George’s County emergency crews responded to the Chemistry Building at the University of Maryland this afternoon after an explosion injured two female students.

Early this morning, firefighters and emergency crews rescued a man from the top of a crane hanging 150 feet over the 2400 block of 14th Street NW. DCist reader Jessica M. Diaz was on the scene and captured the dramatic rescue in photos, including the ropes, rigging and a basket which was used to safely bring the injured crane operator to the ground around 9 a.m.

The 2400 block of 14th Street NW was the scene of “a very slow and deliberate” rescue operation this morning, after a man was injured on the tip of a crane and was stuck hanging 150 feet in the air.

The life of a food truck operator isn’t an easy one. There’s only a limited amount of space to operate in — and the name of the game is producing food in bulk and with expedience. Unfortunately, that combination can lead to injuries like the ones suffered by Pedro and Vinny’s cart owner John Rider.