Man Hit by Orange Line Train at Dunn Loring Metro Station
A man was hit by an Orange Line Metro train as it arrived into the Dunn Loring Metro station heading for Vienna on Tuesday, July 17th. Metro Transit Police say the man "intentionally placed himself on the track as [the] train entered the station" around 1:48pm.
Fairfax County Fire Department personnel responded to the station around 2pm and removed the man from under the train. He was transported to a local hospital.
Orange Line trains offloaded and turned around at West Falls Church heading back in the direction of New Carrollton, while a shuttle train ran between Vienna and West Falls Church on the inbound track throughout the duration of the incident.
Normal train service was restored at Dunn Loring at around 4:25pm when the first Orange Line train to Vienna entered the station on the normal outbound track.
Update: Metro has confirmed to Patch that the man hit by the train died later once being taken to the hospital.
Fairfax County Fire Department personnel responded to the station around 2pm and removed the man from under the train. He was transported to a local hospital.
Orange Line trains offloaded and turned around at West Falls Church heading back in the direction of New Carrollton, while a shuttle train ran between Vienna and West Falls Church on the inbound track throughout the duration of the incident.
Normal train service was restored at Dunn Loring at around 4:25pm when the first Orange Line train to Vienna entered the station on the normal outbound track.
Update: Metro has confirmed to Patch that the man hit by the train died later once being taken to the hospital.
