Man is hit by a Metro train
A 54-year-old man was hit Saturday evening by a Blue Line Metro train in the same area of downtown Los Angeles where another Blue Line train hit a vehicle earlier in the day.
Witnesses said they saw the man step in front of the southbound train about 5 p.m., near where the train goes beneath the Santa Monica Freeway, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Nothing was known about the man’s possible motivation.
The man was taken to California Hospital Medical Center in critical condition with multiple fractures and contusions, Humphrey said. No other people were injured.
The collision with the car occurred about 2:30 p.m., just south of the station at Pico Boulevard and Flower Street, where the light rail runs at street level, said Metro spokesman Rick Jager. The vehicle got in front of the train and sustained minor damage, but there were no injuries, he said.
Jager said that part of the track has not been problematic in the past and the two accidents on Saturday were coincidental.
“It’s an unfortunate situation. But our trains are safe,” he said. “The trains have the right of way. People have to pay attention out there.”
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