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Red Line resumes service after train strikes person at South Station

E-mail|Link August 20, 2009 11:28 AM

By Noah Bierman, Globe Staff, and Nandini Jayakrishna, Globe Correspondent

The Red Line resumed regular service this morning through South Station about 40 minutes after a train struck a person on a subway platform, according to a spokesman for the MBTA.

A man in his 50s leaned past the yellow line on the platform and was hit by a northbound train, said Deputy Chief Joseph O'Connor of the transit police. The man suffered head injuries and upper body lacerations and was taken to Tufts Medical Center, O'Connor said.

The man's condition was not immediately available. MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo described his injuries as minor.

Transit officials took measurements on the platform and are trying to determine exactly what happened, O'Connor said.

After the collision, the T diverted trains and ran substitute shuttle bus service between stations at Broadway and Park Street. Passengers at Downtown Crossing were told to walk to South Station and take a shuttle bus from there to Broadway.

The T directed buses to South Station because Downtown Crossing is too congested, Pesaturo said.