At East 8th and 11th Avenue in #Oakland for BART train collision pic.twitter.com/0s3fr0W7sA
— George Kelly
(@allaboutgeorge) June 18, 2018
(@allaboutgeorge) OAKLAND — A person died Monday morning after being hit by a BART train in East Oakland, authorities said.
The person was struck by the train about 11:35 a.m. on the tracks that run parallel to East Eighth Street near 10th Avenue in East Oakland. It was not known if the victim was a man or woman.
The six-car train was running northbound on the Fremont-Warm Springs line. Passengers on board were later transferred to another train.
The person was pronounced dead after being removed from under the train by firefighters.
Major system delays were expected while BART police investigated.
And @ACSOSheriffs coroner van back door swings closed pic.twitter.com/X3tz0hw5yu
— George Kelly
(@allaboutgeorge) June 18, 2018
The coroner’s office arrived about 12:45 p.m. to take possession of the body. BART police vans and an Oakland Fire Department engine drove into position to shield the public from viewing as the body was brought up to the street shortly before 1 p.m.
And @SFBART train moves west along track, away from scene pic.twitter.com/bzLGlHSqsv
— George Kelly
(@allaboutgeorge) June 18, 2018
AC Transit was providing buses for riders to take between the Fruitvale and Coliseum stations and Fruitvale and downtown Oakland and West Oakland stations. BART spokeswoman Anna Duckworth said train service was restored with only residual delays by 1:40 p.m.
A resident of the 1000 block of East Eighth Street who did not give his name said he was working on his car about 10 minutes before the train strike. He added that he was familiar with transient foot traffic along the train tracks and was used to hearing trains come through or even stop on occasion, but had never heard a sound like the strike before.