A man was struck and killed by a train at the King Street station in Alexandria during Friday’s evening rush, according to Metro.
The man jumped from the platform and was hit by a Yellow Line train that was traveling toward Mount Vernon Square at about 5:40 p.m., Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said. Stessel said Saturday the man is 38 years old and from Alexandria.
“All indications are that he intentionally placed himself in the path of the train,” based on witnesses’ accounts, Stessel said.
He said the man jumped into the train’s path as it was approaching the station’s platform. The train operator applied the emergency brakes, but couldn’t stop in time, Stessel said.
The incident snarled evening commuters for hours. Trains were single-tracking between the Braddock Road and Van Dorn Street stations on the Blue Line and between Braddock Road and Huntington on the Yellow Line. The delays were fully cleared at about 9 p.m., Stessel said.
