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Man Is Killed by MTA Blue Line Train in South L.A.

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From a Times Staff Writer

A man was killed Thursday by a Metropolitan Transportation Authority Blue Line train in South Los Angeles, a sheriff’s deputy said.

The man was struck about 3 p.m. on tracks near East Florence and Graham avenues, according to Deputy Tania Plunkett.

Sheriff’s homicide detectives were investigating the death, Plunkett said. She said the section of light-rail line between Los Angeles and Long Beach was closed after the incident.

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The man, whose identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A person waiting near the Florence station platform fainted and was taken to a hospital after seeing the man struck, Plunkett said.

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