A pedestrian was struck and killed Sunday evening by a Metro train traveling between the North Bethesda and Twinbrook stations, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) spokesperson Pete Piringer.
Piringer wrote on social media at about 5:20 p.m. that MCFRS crews were responding to a report of a pedestrian who had been struck and was trapped under a train.
At about 6 p.m. he wrote the pedestrian, who was not identified, suffered traumatic injuries and did not survive the incident that occurred in a tunnel between the stations.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Emergency Response Team and Metro Transit Police were on the scene, he said.
Shortly before 6:30 p.m. Metro Transit Police wrote on social media that officers were “actively working a recovery mission for a trespasser struck by a train at North Bethesda.”
Following the incident, trains were single-tracking between the Twinbrook and Grosvenor stations, the post said. Riders can check http://wmata.com/MetroPulse for updates.
Update – Metro Rail Incident between North Bethesda Metro Station and Twinbrook Metro Station (tunnel) person/pedestrian struck by a train, traumatic injury, @MCFRS_EMIHS evaluated/assessment, person did not survive, #WMATA Emergency Response Team (ERT) & @MetroTransitPD on scene pic.twitter.com/ECNZu7nhZu
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) January 19, 2025
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
