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Child hurt in fall as MARTA passengers run off train after ‘disturbance’

A police disturbance was reported Tuesday evening at the Midtown MARTA train station. (Carrie Teegardin / AJC)
A police disturbance was reported Tuesday evening at the Midtown MARTA train station. (Carrie Teegardin / AJC)
By Ellen Eldridge
July 25, 2017

Witnesses say people ran off a MARTA train at the Midtown station Tuesday evening.

MARTA spokesman Erik Burton said there was a “disturbance” on a southbound train and as passengers “quickly exited” a child fell.

Emergency medical service workers were sent to check him out, Burton said.

Normal service has resumed, but police are investigating the incident, Burton said.

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