Oakland: Person alive after medical emergency declared at BART

A person who entered the BART trackway in Oakland was removed from the tracks alive after trains were halted for over an hour between the Lake Merritt and Coliseum stops Sunday evening, according to Chris Filippi, BART communications officer.

BART police and the Oakland Fire Department responded around 8 p.m. to a report that someone had entered the trackway in Oakland and may have come into contact with a train. A medical emergency was announced, trains were stopped, and the person was removed, alive, from the track, according to Filippi.

BART resumed its regular schedule around 9:15 p.m.

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