Update: 3:30 p.m.
No train was nearby when a man in a wheelchair fell onto the Metro tracks, according to Metro.
The man, sitting in a motorized wheelchair, fell into the eastbound tracks headed toward Largo and New Carrollton, agency spokeswoman Cathy Asato said. Officials are still investigating what went wrong to cause the fall.
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Three Metro riders came to the rescue of a man in a wheelchair who fell onto Metro’s tracks Thursday afternoon, according to D.C. Fire & EMS.
Firefighters were called to the Potomac Avenue Metro station on the eastern edge of Capitol Hill at 2:32 p.m., said spokesman Oscar Méndez. But when they got there, he said, the person in the wheelchair had already been helped.
He was transported to a local hospital with head injuries, according to D.C. Fire officials.
Metro confirmed that a man in a wheelchair was back on the platform, but Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato said she was unable to confirm additional details as transit agency officials were still investigating what happened.
The man was the latest person to fall onto the tracks – but be pulled to safety by others. In April, an elderly couple was pulled to safety by riders at Gallery Place. And last November, a man in a motorized wheelchair was saved by riders at the Anacostia station.
