Update: Person Struck at Takoma Metro Dies; Rider Shares Experience

Update, 12:20 p.m.: As the Metro train pulled into the Takoma station it came to an abrupt halt, and less than a minute later the train's operator came over the intercom and announced that someone had just committed suicide by jumping in front off the train, Keith Johnson, a Columbia Heights resident who was in the second car of the train said.

The operator told all riders to move up to the front car and exit the train, Johnson said.

"It was a grisly scene even though you couldn't see the body," he said. "Firefighters had pick axes and there was police tape right down the middle of the platform."

Police were looking in the gap between the first and second car and calling out "Ma'am," Johnson, who stayed on scene for about 45 minutes said.

"There were two or three people that got off the train who looked aghast," he said.

Original Story: A person intentionally jumped in front of a train at the Takoma Metro Station Wednesday around 9:30 a.m., Metro Spokesman Steven Taubenkibel said.

The person was confirmed dead, Taubenkibel said.

The red line is single tracking between Takoma and Silver Spring. He would not say whether the victim was a man or woman.

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