A 52-year-old Northwest D.C. man killed himself by jumping in front of a Metro train at the Foggy Bottom station Thursday afternoon, shortly before Metro officials were slated to discuss their long-delayed plans to prevent a spate of suicides on the system.

The man appears to have intentionally gotten into the path of the inbound Orange Line train about 2:12 p.m., said Metro spokesman Dan Stessel. He was pulled from the tracks and transported to George Washington University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.