Metro News Release

For immediate release: August 16, 2007

Woman struck by train at Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail Station

Metrorail passengers can expect major delays on the Green Line this afternoon as a result of a woman who was struck by a train at the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metrorail station at 3:42 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 16). The train was traveling toward the Greenbelt Metrorail station.

Green Line trains are sharing one track between the Georgia Ave-Petworth and Fort Totten Metrorail stations to get around the scene while police and emergency personnel investigate the incident. Police are looking into the possibility that the woman intentionally put herself on the tracks in front of the oncoming train.

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to an area hospital.

News release issued at 12:00 am, August 16, 2007.