Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 5, 2007

Man Struck and Killed by Train on Red Line Last Week Identified

A man who was struck and fatally injured by a Red Line train last Friday evening at the Glenmont Metrorail station has been identified as a 21-year-old Silver Spring resident. He was reported missing to Montgomery County Police on January 1, 2007.

On Friday, December 29, 2006, at 6:14 p.m., the man intentionally stepped in front of a six-car Metrorail train upon its arrival at the Glenmont Metrorail station. The investigation was conducted by Metro Transit Police and the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes Division.

The Maryland State Medical Examiner's Office will issue the final ruling regarding the death.

 

News release issued at 12:00 am, January 5, 2007.