Person Killed By Metro Expo Line Train In Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, CA – A person was killed by a Metro Expo Line train Tuesday at the 17th Street Station in Santa Monica, authorities said.

Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene about 8:30 a.m., said Ramon Montenegro of the Sheriff's Transit Services Bureau. The person, who was not immediately identified, may have been trying to board the train, he said.

The 17th Street Station was closed while an investigation was conducted, and buses were brought in to ferry rail passengers between 26th Street/Bergamot and the Downtown Santa Monica stations.

Car traffic was blocked along Colorado Avenue from 17th Street to 11th Street.

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