Updated 3:50 p.m.: Train service resumed on both tracks at the U Street station at 3:45 p.m., according to Metro. But riders were told to expect residual delays.
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Updated 3:05 p.m.: The woman who was struck by a train at U Street has been pulled from underneath the train and is being transported to a local trauma center, according to D.C. Fire and EMS.
She was conscious at the time.
U Street reopened at 3 p.m. Trains continue to share a single track between Georgia Avenue and Mt. Vernon Square, though.
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A woman was struck by a Metro train at the U Street station Thursday, in what appears to be the latest suicide attempt at the transit agency.
The woman was hit about 2:15 p.m. at the station on the Green and Yellow lines, according to Metro.
Rescue crews were trying to pull her out from under a train.
The woman appears to have intentionally put herself into the path of the train, said Metro spokesman Dan Stessel.
Trains were passing through the station without stopping, sharing a single track as of about 2:45 p.m.. The agency was setting up shuttle bus service to Columbia Heights to connect stranded riders to and from the station.
Background update: 2:55 p.m.
The woman appears to be the sixth person struck by a Metro train in a suicide attempt so far this year, with the most recent one occurring in March. Not all have been fatal though, including one case in which a man’s foot had to be amputated.
The agency is currently working on training workers on how to spot and intervene with suicidal riders. It also plans to post hotline numbers in stations on where to seek help.
