Man Struck by Blue Line Train

Wolf · #1 02-04-07, 11:45 PM

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LOS ANGELES, February 4, 2007 - A man who was hit by a Metro Blue Line train and got stuck beneath it in South Los Angeles Sunday was fighting for his life, a fire official said.

The man was reported underneath the northbound train at 4:39 p.m. on Long Beach Avenue at East 48th Place, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Paramedics extricated the man, who was not under any wheels.

The man, who appeared to be about 45 years old, was then taken to County- USC Medical Center in very critical condition with injuries that included severe head trauma, Humphrey said.

No one on board the train was injured, but the 57-year-old train operator asked for medical assessment, he said.

It was not immediately known how the man got underneath the train.

The Los Angeles Police Department and the sheriff's department were investigating.

WOW!

That must've been scary.