El Cerrito Plaza BART station closed after someone struck by train

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Someone Was Hit and Killed on the Tracks at El Cerrito BART Station Tuesday Morning

BART had to suspend service between North Berkeley and Richmond for nearly three hours Tuesday morning, and we’re now learning that this was because someone wandered onto the tracks and was struck and killed by an oncoming train.BART had a few service alerts Tuesday morning, and the problem was perhaps a little more severe than the agency was letting on. At 8:46 am this morning, the BART Twitter account posted “BART service has stopped between N…

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El Cerrito Plaza BART station closed after someone struck by train

(KRON) -- The El Cerrito Plaza BART station was closed Tuesday morning due to a "major medical emergency," according to the Bay Area Rapid Transit. A major medical emergency is typically the term the transit agency uses to describe a fatality on a BART train or at a BART station. According to BART spokesperson Chris Filippi, someone entered the trackway and may have been struck by a train. Witness of triple fatal Piedmont Cybertruck crash descri…

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BART service between North Berkeley, Richmond closed after person apparently hit by train

EL CERRITO — BART shut down the El Cerrito Plaza Station and closed service between North Berkeley and Richmond on Tuesday morning after a train apparently hit a person, officials said. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | Person dead after collision with BART train at Civic Center station Crashes and Disasters | Poll: North Bay ‘less supportive’ of transportation tax in region Crashes and Disasters | S…

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Pedestrian struck, killed by BART train in El Cerrito

A person died on Tuesday morning after they were struck by a BART train in El Cerrito.

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BART train hits and kills person at El Cerrito Plaza station, agency says

The El Cerrito Plaza BART station was shut down Tuesday morning after a person on the tracks was struck and killed by a train, the transit agency said. BART initially issued an alert at 8:40 a.m. about the station closure. BART spokesperson Chris Filippi said someone entered the trackway and may have been struck by a train. There is no train service to the El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito del Norte or Richmond stations during the emergency response.…

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The BART station in El Cerrito Plaza was closed on Tuesday morning after a train fatally ran over a person on the tracks. BART initially issued an alert at 8:40 a.m., about the closing of the station. BART spokesman Chris Filippi said someone entered the tracks and could have been run over by a train. There is no train service to El Cerrito Plaza, El Cerrito del Norte or Richmond stations during the emergency response. The trains are turning aro…