SAN FRANCISCO — A person died early Tuesday in what BART officials said appears to be a collision with a train on the tracks at the Civic Center station.
BART spokesperson Jim Allison confirmed the fatality at 10 a.m., about 75 minutes after the emergency first was reported.
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BART closed its station until about 10 a.m., when they allowed trains single-tracking on the tracks opposite the incident to stop. The station was closed in the immediate aftermath of the collision, and trains did not stop as they used a single-track to go through the station.
The single-tracking after the collision started at Embarcadero and ran to the 24th Street station, Allison said.
San Francisco Muni honored BART tickets and shuttled customers between the Embarcadero and the Civic Center stations while Civic Center station was closed.
BART also said it had closed its green line service between the Berryessa and Daly City stations. Passengers traveling from San Francisco were told to board a Dublin/Pleasanton-bound train and transfer at the Bay Fair station to a Berryessa-bound train. Riders coming from Berryessa were told to board a Richmond-bound train and transfer at Bay Fair station to a Daly City-bound train.
It was not known immediately if the green line closure was related to the emergency on the tracks.
No other information was available immediately.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
