A man was struck by a Red Line Metro train in Northwest D.C. shortly after noon Friday, according to the transit agency.
The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. at the Van Ness station, said Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith, when the man was hit by a train headed outbound toward Shady Grove. It was not immediately clear how or why the person got into the path of the train.
Rescue workers removed the man from under the train just before 1:15 p.m., Smith said. But his condition was not immediately clear.
The incident has caused major delays on the transit line as trains are sharing a single track between the Cleveland Park and Friendship Heights stations.
