Photo by Samer Farha

AlertDC reported at 1:46 p.m. that a person has been struck by a Metrorail train at the McPherson Square station. WMATA hasn’t put out a press release yet, but their alert system says that there is police activity at the station and that Orange and Blue line trains are turning back at Foggy Bottom and Federal Triangle stations. They are currently estimating delayed conditions will last up to 2 hours. We’ll update when more information becomes available.

UPDATE 2:03 p.m.: Here’s Metro’s first press release. They say the person was struck at around 1:15 p.m., and that there is no train service in the McPherson Square station while emergency crews respond. Metro is setting up free shuttle bus service from the Foggy Bottom Metrorail station to the Federal Triangle Metrorail station to help passengers around the incident area. The buses will stop at Foggy Bottom, Farragut West, McPherson Square, Metro Center and Federal Triangle.

UPDATE 3:25 p.m. The Associated Press is quoting DCFD spokesperson Alan Etter as saying the victim was a man, and he was killed. The station is still closed.

USA Today’s Patrick Cooper was on board the train in question, and has a post up on his personal blog detailing the experience.

4:30 p.m. The McPherson Square station has been reopened and this incident should be all clear for the evening rush.