NBC4 is reporting that a woman was struck and killed by a Metrobus around 10:30 last night in Mount Pleasant. Officials say an H8 bus was making a left turn onto Park Road from 16th Street when a pedestrian ran in front of the vehicle. A portion of 16th Street was closed for a time, but all lanes have since re-opened. No further information about the victim or the driver involved has been released and so far Metro’s Web site has no details.

This is the second serious accident for the Metro system in as many weeks. The derailment of a Green Line train on Jan. 7 is still under investigation by Metro and NTSB officials. No one was seriously injured in that incident.

We’ll keep you updated as further details become available.

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