Updated 5:29 p.m.: The station is now open to passengers.
BART issued a service advisory today that the 24th Street station had been closed because a man was under a train.
A BART spokesperson told Mission Loc@l that the man stepped onto the tracks at approximately 3:20 p.m., into the path of a southbound BART train.
The train, traveling from 16th Street, came to an abrupt stop at the 24th Street Mission station, according to Mike Meenan, a passenger on the train. Meenan said the train driver announced an emergency evacuation over the loudspeaker. Meenan also noted that the conductor sounded shaken and out of breath when he made the announcement.
Then Meenan, who was sitting toward the front of the train, overheard the conductor ask, “Sir, are you under there?”
BART officials declined to comment on the man’s condition, but when asked whether there was a fatality at the scene, a passing police officer said, “I believe so.”
Minutes after the train stopped and passengers were evacuated, firefighters arrived on the scene. Emergency crews began looking beneath the first few cars with flashlights.
A Mission Loc@l reporter witnessed officers lifting a gurney up a flight of stairs from the lower platform level shortly after 5 p.m. The gurney appeared to carry a body covered with a white blanket. Aboveground, a medical examiner’s van was parked across the street from the station.
The station reopened at 5:15 p.m., but BART officials say they are still investigating the scene and circumstances.
An earlier BART service advisory said trains were not stopping at the station and that delays were expected for trains heading to the East Bay and into San Francisco, since only one trackway was being used. California Beat reported that a single track was used between Montgomery and Balboa stations.
Earlier this afternoon, the 24th Street station had been sealed off as a crime scene, according to a police officer at the scene. The station has since reopened.