BART resumes San Francisco services after death on track

Around 11 a.m., BART resumed regular services from an earlier “major medical emergency” at the Embarcadero station, which had caused delays systemwide and shut down the Embarcadero station.

BART spokesperson Jim Alison confirmed that a person was killed after walking onto a track at the Embarcadero station. 

Just before 8:30 a.m., a train at the Embarcadero station was stopped and unable to move due to a mechanical issue, starting the disruption. “Within 10 minutes, an individual entered the other track at Embarcadero of their own volition with a train in the vicinity,” a statement from BART read. “A collision may have occurred. This was the major medical emergency.”

Alison said that BART then decided to close the Embarcadero station. 

San Francisco Fire Department workers pushed the disabled train out of the way while emergency workers attended to the individual. Once they declared them deceased, BART police classified the death as “unattended” because a physician was not present. No foul play is suspected. 

Trains were back up and running a little before 11 a.m.

It was College GameDay at the University of California, Berkeley, and BART had shut down services starting at 9 a.m. Today is also Day 2 of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in Golden Gate Park, which draws crowds from across the Bay Area.

While BART services were halted for two hours, Muni provided services between Embarcadero and Daly City, and AC Transit in the East Bay provided transbay service from 19th St. Oakland, Lake Merritt, and Berkeley station to those who wanted to get to San Francisco.

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