Metro News Release

For immediate release: September 17, 2009

Service at the Columbia Heights Metrorail station back to normal

Young man was fatally struck by train in early afternoon

Service returned to normal at 4:15 p.m. today, September 17, about two hours after a young man was fatally struck by a six-car Yellow Line train as it pulled into the Columbia Heights Metrorail station today at 1:55 p.m. The train was headed downtown.

The preliminary indication leads investigators to believe that the young man intentionally placed himself in the path of the train. He was a minor.

The station was closed temporarily from 1:55 to 2:40 p.m. while emergency crews responded to the scene. From 2:40 until normal service resumed, trains single-tracked through the area (shared one track).

The incident investigation is on-going.

Third update

Media contact for this news release: Lisa Farbstein at 202-962-1051.
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News release issued at 4:46 pm, September 17, 2009.