Metro operator stops train before it runs over woman on tracks

A Metro train operator saved a life and prevented significant delays for riders during the Friday evening rush after a woman put herself in the path of the oncoming train.

The operator stopped the train before hitting the woman, who was lying down on the tracks at one point “in an obvious attempt to do harm to herself,” Metro spokesman Dan Stessel said. The woman then refused to move, causing trains to single-track and delays to spread on the Red Line.