https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2020/02/25/delays-metros-red-line-after-train-struck-person/
Person struck by Metro train near
Rockville stop
A person was struck Tuesday
morning by a Metro train near the Rockville station.
The incident
happened just after 5 a.m. and caused several hours of train delays. Some
passengers were kept on the train for a while for their safety, Metro officials
said.
Metro Passengers Delayed by Entitlement Again
On Tuesday at
5 a.m. Metro trains were halted as a pedestrian illegally broke through fences
blocking off Metro-owned property in a non-crossing zone.
Trains were
delayed several hours with passengers held in the cars as the man was recovered
from underneath the metro car. Similar
incidents have occurred at least once a month since December.
While the original seemed to focus on the humans who were
struck by the trains as a result of their own actions of trying to cross active
metro lines because they for some reason or another don’t want to go around. This
is not only dangerous for the individuals crossing, if the metro was derailed
from the impact somehow, the whole car could be at risk.
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