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Blue and Silver Line Service Resumes After Person Struck by Metro Train: WMATA

The incident occurred at the Foggy Bottom Metro station

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A person was struck by a train at Foggy Bottom Metro station on Sunday in Northwest Washington, D.C.

It happened about 8:30 a.m. The person was evaluated at the scene and had minor injuries.

 WMATA said the person appeared to have intentionally placed themselves in the train's path.

"Thanks for your patience during this unfortunate incident," WMATA tweeted.

After the incident, trains from Foggy Bottom to Clarendon and to Arlington Cemetery were single tracking. As of 10 a.m., the trains were no longer single tracking but were experiencing residual delays, WMATA tweeted. Silver and Blue line service returned to normal by Sunday afternoon.

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