MARTA workers respond after an "emergency situation" at the Garnett station in downtown Atlanta on Friday morning. (Ben Hendren for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
By Rosana Hughes
Updated Dec 27, 2024Rail service has resumed after a person was struck by a MARTA train at a downtown Atlanta station early Friday morning, according to authorities.
Details are limited, but the transportation agency said the incident happened at the Garnett station around 5 a.m., when a northbound train “made contact with a person.” The person was taken to a hospital, but officials did not disclose the person’s condition.
Service was temporarily suspended at the Garnett and West End stations but restarted at 7 a.m.
Officials said they had no other information to share.
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