Blue Line Hits Pedestrian at Wardlow Station

Metro Train Hits Pedestrian In Long Beach

KCBS-TV
December 27, 2007

LONG BEACH ― A pedestrian crossing a walkway at a Metro station in Long Beach was injured by a Metro Blue Line train Thursday, authorities said.

The accident occurred at the Wardlow Station, near Pacific Place, at 7:44 a.m., Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Gayle Anderson said.

A male pedestrian was hit by a train traveling southbound while crossing a walkway, she said.

It was not immediately clear what injuries he suffered but "he was alert when being transported by paramedics to a hospital," Anderson said.

The accident caused service to be delayed for eight minutes, she said.

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Pedestrian struck by Metro train

Long Beach Press-Telegram
By Karen Robes
December 27, 2007

LONG BEACH - A pedestrian was hit by a Metro Blue Line train while crossing a walkway Thursday, authorities said.

A man in his 30s was walking at the Wardlow Station near Pacific Place at 7:44 a.m. when he was struck by a train headed south to Willow, said Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Gayle Anderson.

Authorities did not know the man's name, but said he was alert when he was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Anderson said the man complained about pain in his left hip.

No one else was injured in the accident, which caused an eight-minute delay in service, she said.

The 30 or so people who were on the train at the time of the accident were delayed 30 minutes to be interviewed by authorities, Anderson said.

The last pedestrian-related accident at Wardlow Station was reported in February 2000, she said, adding that the accident did not result in a fatality.