Metro starts training workers to intervene with suicidal riders

Published October 17, 2011 4:00am ET



Prevention program starts two years after pledge The 39-year-old McLean man who jumped in front of a packed train at Clarendon station on the Orange Line a week ago remained alive Monday, hospitalized in intensive care with critical injuries including head trauma and broken bones.

He is one of 24 people who have been hit by Metro trains in suicide attempts since January 2009, according to agency figures. At least three others have jumped to their deaths from Metro parking garages in the past two years.

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