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Deer 'Playing Chicken' On Silver Line Tracks Near Reston: Report
The deer caused delays for trains on the Silver Line.
RESTON, VA -- A deer that was apparently "playing chicken" with a train on Metro's Silver Line just outside of Reston caused some minor headaches for WMATA Thursday morning.
Transit watchdog organization Rail Transit OPS tweeted at 6:32 a.m. that inbound Silver Line trains were holding outside of McLean due to a "deer in the roadway which appears to be playing chicken with a train."
WMATA workers were trying to get it to move.
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Rail Transit OPS later reported that the deer exited the property and trains should be moving normally as of 7:21 a.m.
Inbound Silver Line trains are currently holding outside of McLean due to a deer in the roadway which appears to be playing chicken with a train. #wmata personnel are trying to get it to move. https://t.co/3EyBOmYICe
— Rail Transit OPS (@RailTransitOPS) November 8, 2018
(Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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