Metro News Release

For immediate release: October 27, 2006

Woman struck and killed by train on Red Line

Metrorail Red Line service is back to normal after a woman was killed by a train earlier this morning.

Eyewitnesses report the woman intentionally stepped in front of a six-car train, which was headed to Glenmont station. The woman, who was in her early 30s, was struck at the Bethesda station around 9:10 a.m. The station was closed and trains shared one track between the Medical Center and Friendship Heights stations on the Red Line for about three hours. Normal service resumed after noon.

Customers experienced significant delays in the area. Shuttle buses moved passengers between Medical Center and Friendship Heights rail stations.

Metro Transit Police and Montgomery County fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene.

News release issued on October 27, 2006.