1 Person Dead After Being Hit By Metro Train

Updated at 3:43 p.m.

SILVER SPRING, MD — Emergency crews were called early Tuesday to the Wheaton Metro Station after a person was fatally hit by a train.

Pete Piringer, a spokesperson with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said personnel responded to the Wheaton Metro Station East at 11171 Georgia Ave. just before 8 a.m.

At the time, officials were responding to reports of a person who was trapped underneath a train after being struck.

Piringer said the individual suffered a "traumatic injury" but did not detail the extent of the injuries. The person's name has not been released.

A status update by the train operator described the individual struck as a "trespasser."

A Metro official confirmed to Patch that the individual had intentionally placed themselves in front of the train, explaining that anyone who enters a restricted area is considered a trespasser by the operator.

The MCFRS worked the scene alongside the Metro Transit Police Department and the WMATA emergency response teams to assess the situation.

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