Man hit, killed by MARTA train

Metro Atlanta

MARTA personnel were on the tracks with Atlanta Fire Rescue standing by Friday after the MARTA rail line was shut down north of downtown early Friday, Dec. 10, 20100 after a person was struck by a train at the Lindbergh station.

Atlanta Fire Rescue and MARTA personnel work the scene Friday after the MARTA rail line was shut down north of downtown early Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, after a person was struck by a train at the Lindbergh station. The incident happened about 5 a.m. and the shutdown involved northbound and southbound trains on MARTA's red and gold lines that run to and from the northern suburbs.

MARTA police officer D. Jefferson set up a perimeter around the scene.

MARTA personnel were on the tracks with Atlanta Fire Rescue standing by Friday after the MARTA rail line was shut down north of downtown early Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, after a person was struck by a train at the Lindbergh station.

The shutdown involved northbound and southbound trains on MARTA's red and gold lines that run to and from the northern suburbs.

The condition and identity of the person struck by a train at the Lindbergh station were not immediately known.

At 5:15 a.m., officials were working to uncouple cars from a train to reach the person who was struck. That person's condition and identity were not immediately known.

MARTA commuters were forced to take bus bridges while the trains were shut down Friday. Atlanta Fire Rescue and MARTA personnel work the scene after a person was struck by a train at the Lindbergh station.

MARTA commuters head to the bus bridges while the trains were shut down Friday. The shutdown involved northbound and southbound trains on MARTA's red and gold lines that run to and from the northern suburbs. At 5:15 a.m., officials were working to uncouple cars from a train to reach the person who was struck.

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Atlanta Fire Rescue and MARTA personnel work the scene Friday after the MARTA rail line was shut down north of downtown early Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, after a person was struck by a train at the Lindbergh station. The incident happened about 5 a.m. and the shutdown involved northbound and southbound trains on MARTA's red and gold lines that run to and from the northern suburbs.

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