El Cerrito Plaza BART station closed after someone struck by train
(KRON) — The El Cerrito Plaza BART station was closed Tuesday morning due to a 'major medical emergency,' according to the Bay Area Rapid Transit. A major medical emergency is typically the term the transit agency uses to describe a fatality on a BART train or at a BART station.
According to BART spokesperson Chris Filippi, someone entered the trackway and may have been struck by a train.
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BART service has been halted between North Berkeley and Richmond as a result of the closure.
AC Transit is offering mutual aid between the stations. Riders are advised to take bus 72M to Richmond or North Berkeley Station, bus 79 to El Cerrito Plaza and to Berkeley Station, and bus 7 to El Cerrito Del Norte and Berkeley stations.
No other details were immediately provided. BART gave no estimated time of reopening for the station.
Elsewhere, BART is recovering from an earlier problem with a 10-minute delay on the San Francisco line in the East Bay direction due to earlier police activity.
Bay City News contributed to this report.
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