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Woman on Tracks Friday Morning at Ballston Metro
WMATA described the incident as a "medical emergency."
Shortly before 9 a.m. Friday, a woman was on the tracks at the Ballston Metro station, in what WMATA called a “medical emergency.”
Metro described the incident at the Ballston Metro station in a message sent out on Twitter at 8:57 a.m. Friday.
Twitter user @Durrrius posted this message: “Lady just walked smooth off the platform onto the tracks at Ballston station right in front of me.”
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Orange, Silver and Blue line trains were slowed while Metro officials turned off power to the rails and got the woman back to safety.
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