Man dies after medical emergency on Metro train

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Man dies after medical emergency on Metro train

By Lauren Lumpkin
Jan. 14, 2020 at 9:26 p.m. EST

A man died Tuesday afternoon at the Pentagon Metro station after suffering a cardiac arrest on a train, according to the Arlington County Fire Department.

Crews responded to a call from Metro Transit police at 4:14 p.m., said Capt. Justin Tirelli, a fire department spokesman. Medics pronounced the man dead at the station.

The man’s identity was not immediately available. Tirelli said Metro Transit police are handling the incident.

Dan Stessel, a Metro spokesman, said authorities do not suspect foul play.

The emergency prompted delays on the Blue and Yellow lines, and about an hour of single-tracking trains.
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Lauren Lumpkin
Lauren Lumpkin is a reporting fellow at The Washington Post covering local education issues while pursuing a master's degree in journalism at American University. Follow https://twitter.com/laurenmlumpkin

From yesterday afternoon:

TRANSIT

JUST IN: Police Investigating Death on Yellow Line Train
ARLnow.com January 14, 2020 at 5:20pm

Police are conducting a death investigation after a person died on a Yellow Line train Tuesday evening.

Arlington County medics were dispatched to the Pentagon Metro station around 4:15 p.m. for a report of a person suffering a medical emergency on a Yellow Line train bound for Huntington. The individual was found unresponsive and in cardiac arrest, and was declared dead shortly after medics arrived on scene, according to Arlington County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Justin Tirelli.

Metro Transit Police and officers from the Pentagon Force Protection Agency both responded to the Metro station with medics.

The incident prompted delays and single-tracking on the Blue and Yellow lines. The single-tracking ended shortly before 5 p.m.

This was the scene this afternoon after a body was found on a Metro train at the Pentagon Station. No longer single tracking, as the train has been moved to another location where
@MetroTransitPD
will continue the investigation.
@ARLnowDOTcom

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UPDATED: Yellow Line Delay: Trains are single tracking btwn L'Enfant Plaza & Pentagon City due to a medical emergency at Pentagon. Delays in both directions.

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I was on a southbound Yellow Line train not long after this happened. I boarded at Gallery Place. We didn't single-track, but we were delayed. I got off at Pentagon at about 5:25.