Crime & Safety
Train Hits, Kills Pedestrian In Baltimore: Report
MARC service on the Penn line was affected Friday morning, according to the Maryland Transit Administration.
BALTIMORE, MD โ All Penn line trains were suspended until further notice after a pedestrian was hit, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) reported at 8:15 a.m. on Friday.
The pedestrian was trespassing, transit officials said.
According to Fox 45, the pedestrian died after being struck at about 7:30 am. in southwest Baltimore, and trains were running a maximum of a half hour behind schedule after 9 a.m.
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The incident comes exactly one week after an Elkridge man died when he was hit by a MARC train in Howard County.
Metro was honoring MARC tickets given the suspension of train service on Friday, the MTA advised.
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โ MTA Maryland (@mtamaryland) June 16, 2017
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