Blind man struck by train dies of injuries

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A blind man who fell off a Metro platform died three days after he was struck by a Red Line train, becoming the second transit rider this year killed in an accidental slip.

The 48-year-old Rockville man tumbled off the Gallery Place platform just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday. He had been hospitalized since the fall but died around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Metro spokeswoman Cathy Asato.

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