Crime & Safety
Fatality at Ashby BART, Richmond Trains Delayed Monday Afternoon
The Ashby BART Station was closed for more than two hours after a woman was hit by a train and died this afternoon.
A woman died after being struck by a train at the Ashby BART station early Monday afternoon, BART officials said.
BART officials said the death may have been a suicide.
At 12:47 p.m., the person was seen on the BART tracks at the station, according to a BART spokesman.
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"They were apparently struck by a train," said Jim Allison, BART's deputy chief communications officer in a media hotline recording.
Ashby Station was closed while BART police investigated the incident and trains passed through without stopping.
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The station reopened around 3 p.m.
The Richmond lines were stopped for 45 minutes, and afterward continued to experience what BART termed "major delays."
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