Crime & Safety
Woman Struck by Train at the Ballston Metro Station, Orange Line
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UPDATED 5:43 p.m.
A woman was fatally struck by a train at the Ballston Metro Station just before 11:30 a.m. today.
"The female appears to have intentionally placed herself in the path of an arriving inbound Orange Line train," according to a press release from WMATA.
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Service was suspended between the East Falls Church and Virginia Square metro stations for hours as police investigated. Service has resumed to normal as of 4 p.m., according to WMATA.
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