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Trespasser Critically Injured By Train At Federal Triangle Metro Station In Northwest DC Trespasser Critically Injured By Train At Federal Triangle Metro Station In Northwest DC
Trespasser Critically Injured By Train At Federal Triangle Metro Station In Northwest DC Some riders had to deal with lengthy delays after a trespasser was struck by a train at a Northwest DC Metro station, officials confirmed. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, Metro police officers responded to the Federal Triangle Metro Station to investigate a reported fare jumper, and when they arrived, a man was found under a train. Metro rescue Federal Triangle Metro 350 12th St NW. 1 person confirmed under a train. This is currently a viable patient. DC Fire & @MetroTransitPD in unified command. Rescue efforts in progress by #DCsBravest. — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) Ap…

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by Zak Failla
News
Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police
Dog Owner Dragged To Death By Metro Train In Northern Virginia: Police Police say that a man tethered to a dog got dragged to death by a train at the Dunn Loring-Merrifield station in Northern Virginia on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, a spokesperson for the Metro Transit Police said that the department received a report of a person who had been struck by a train at the station in Vienna. Original story - Man Fatally Struck By Train in Northern VA: Metro Transit Police (DEVELOPING) The man - who has not been identified - was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries. Update…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police
Balding Middle-Aged Man Flashes Female UMD Students On Shuttle Bus: Police Police are searching for a balding, middle-aged man who they say exposed himself to a group of females on a University of Maryland shuttle bus Friday, Sept. 2, campus police said. A female student told police she and her two friends got on Shuttle-UM 104 at the Wind Tunnel building around 5:30 p.m., when a male attempted to engage with one of her friends in the group, UMD police said. The group got up and relocated to a different area of the bus, but the male got up and sat near one of the females — and exposed himself, police said. The group got off the bus at the College Park Metro and co…

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by Cecilia Levine