Overview
- A westbound Green Line train struck a pedestrian shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday at University Avenue West and Prior Avenue North near the Menards store.
- First responders performed life-saving measures but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Metro Transit Police opened an active investigation into how the person came to be on the tracks and have not released the victim’s identity.
- Metro Transit temporarily ran buses in place of trains between Snelling Avenue and Raymond Avenue while crews cleared the scene and gathered information.
- Investigations by Metro Transit Police into track incidents typically establish cause and can lead to operational or safety changes that riders will see in later service updates.