VIDEO: Man Struck by Metro at Rockville Station Might Have Jumped on to Tracks

Update, 5:10 p.m.:

Witnesses said that a man who was struck and pinned down by a southbound Red Line Metro train at the Rockville station on Friday "intentionally placed himself in the path of the train," said Taryn McNeil, a spokeswoman for Metro.

The incident happened shortly after noon on Friday.

The man, whose identity was not released, sustained serious and life-threatening injuries to his lower extremities and an injury to his right arm, said Capt. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.

Garcia said the man remained conscious and talked to emergency personnel as they worked to free him.

Fire and rescue units used air bags and cribbing and took about 45 minutes to free the man's leg from under the train and move him to an ambulance, Garcia said. He was taken to the trauma center at Suburban Hospital.

The station was closed and cleared of customers at 12:41 p.m. as trains passed through without stopping, McNeil said. The station reopened at 1:19 p.m. but, as of 4:55 p.m., Red Line trains continued to use a single track between the Twinbrook and Shady Grove stations, causing service delays as Metro Transit Police continued their investigation.

Original post, 1:35 p.m.:

Emergency crews have rescued a man who was struck and pinned down by a southbound Red Line Metro Train at the Rockville Station sometime after noon on Friday.

The man's identity had not been released. Oscar Garcia, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, said he is suffering life-threatening injuries to his lower extremities.

The station was closed at 12:41 p.m. and reopened at 1:19 p.m. after the victim was transported to Suburban Hospital. There continue to be Red Line delays.

It is unclear at this time how the man happened to be struck by the train. Garcia said he remained conscious and talked to emergency personnel as they worked to free him.

Stay tuned for more details later this afternoon.