Metro News Release

For immediate release: January 5, 2010

Woman dies after being struck by train

Maryland woman was struck at Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station late Monday

A 50-year-old woman from Kensington, MD, who was struck by a Red Line train at the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Metrorail station at 11:36 p.m., on Monday, Jan. 4, died this morning (Tuesday, Jan. 5) as a result of her injuries.

The Metro Transit Police continue to investigate, but preliminary information shows that the woman intentionally placed herself in the path of the train.

She was hit by a six-car train traveling toward Shady Grove.



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News release issued at 10:01 am, January 5, 2010.