UPDATE 1:53 p.m.: The man who was struck by a Metro train midday Friday apparently was trying to kill himself, the latest suicide attempt on the transit system. Preliminary witnesses accounts to police say that the man intentionally put himself into the path of the train, according to Metro. He was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. The Rockville station reopened at 1:19 p.m. but trains are still sharing a single track through the area, meaning continuing delays for riders.
A person was struck by a Metro train at the Rockville station midday Friday, slowing down service along the Red Line.
The incident happened around 12:21 p.m., said Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The train was headed inbound, toward Glenmont.
Emergency crews were still trying to move the person from the tracks as of 1 p.m., said Montgomery County Fire Capt. Oscar Garcia. The person was still alive, he said, but had serious and life-threatening injuries.
The transit agency closed the station down at 12:41 p.m., directing trains to pass through the station without stopping. The transit agency was setting up shuttle buses to transport passengers from that station to adjacent ones.
