Crime & Safety
Man Struck By VTA Light Rail
BREAKING: The incident occurred in San Jose on the VTA's blue light-rail line that travels between the Alum Rock and Santa Teresa stations.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA ā UPDATED: A Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light-rail train struck a man in San Jose this afternoon, according to a VTA spokeswoman. The southbound Santa Teresa train struck the man around 1 p.m. Thursday as he was crossing either McKee Road or North Capitol Avenue, VTA spokeswoman Linh Hoang said.
San Jose fire personnel were able to extract the man, who was unconscious, from beneath the train and take him to a hospital. Twelve passengers on the train weren't injured, but an onlooker unrelated to the VTA collision was treated for an unknown medical condition.
San Jose fire officials didn't have an update this afternoon on the victim's condition.
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Service remained disrupted on VTA's blue line as of 3:15 p.m.
By Bay City News Service
