Traffic & Transit
Man Hit By Train, Killed At Midtown MARTA Station: Report
The victim needs to be extricated from underneath a train, and train routes are being affected after the man fell on the tracks.
ATLANTA, GA — A man was killed after he fell on the tracks and was struck by a train at the Midtown MARTA station Tuesday morning, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
The man fell off the platform and was hit on the southbound tracks around 7:40 a.m. He is still trapped and his body must be extricated, according to the report.
Train service was temporarily terminated at Civic Center for northbound trains and at Lindbergh Center for southbound trains.
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MARTA announced around 10:30 a.m. that both southbound and northbound trains are boarding from the northbound platform at Arts Center, Midtown and North Avenue stations. A bus bridge is running from Civic Center to Lindbergh Center, officials said.
Both directions opened to trains shortly after noon, but as of 1:30 p.m., single tracking was in effect on the southbound lane at the Midtown and North Avenue stations because of a mechanical issue, according to MARTA.
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