Aug 23, 2006 3:38 am US/Pacific
BART On Time After 2 Separate Suicide Attempts
1 Person Dead In Apparent Suicide; Other Survives Attempt
(CBS 5 / BCN)
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Body of man found under BART train at Union City station is covered by yellow tarp.
CBS 5
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were running smoothly and on time Tuesday evening after an afternoon of delays following two separate incidents in which a person jumped in front of a train.
BART is not releasing the identity of either victim.
At the Union City BART station, a man in his 40s or 50s died after leaping from the platform into the path of a Richmond-bound train as it approached the station at 1:25 pm, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said.
The train operator saw the man jump but was unable to stop in time, Johnson said. The man was the first apparent suicide of the year that BART police have handled, Johnson said.
Station platforms were evacuated and busses brought in to transport commuters between the South Hayward, Union City and Fremont BART stations. Three AC Transit buses and the No. 99 AC Transit bus line also operated in the area.
The station resumed normal operations at 4:14 pm.
The second incident happened around 2:57 pm "while we were in the middle of dealing with the first, and just before the afternoon commute was to begin," Johnson said.
A 25-year-old woman jumped in front of a Daly City-bound train at the West Oakland BART station, Johnson said. Authorities pulled the "relatively unscathed" woman from beneath the train, Johnson said.
A suicide note was found nearby, Johnson said. The woman was taken away for a psychiatric evaluation.
For about 30 minutes after the incident, no trains traveled between the East Bay and San Francisco. By 3:35 pm, service was restored, but commuters faced delays of 40 minutes.
By 5 pm, BART travel was "mostly back to normal," Johnson said.
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