WOMAN HIT BY SUBWAY TRAIN IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A British woman was hit by a subway train Saturday afternoon after she walked onto a track at the underground Metro Red Line station, authorities said. Witnesses said the woman walked through a platform gate, setting off an alarm, as a northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. train approached, then stood or knelt knelt v. A past tense and a past participle of kneel. knelt Verb the past of kneel knelt kneel on the track until the train hit her, a Metro spokesman said. ``It was a suicide attempt suicide attempt, suicide bid n → intento de suicidio suicide attempt, suicide bid n → tentative f de suicide . There was a note, I'm told,'' Metro spokesman Bill Heard said. The train was already slowing for the station when the woman stepped onto the track; the train operator tried to stop more quickly but couldn't avoid hitting her, Heard said. The woman, who was described as in her 40s, was taken to Providence Holy Cross Hospital Holy Cross Hospital may refer to: In the United Kingdom:
Authorities had to turn off the electricity to the tracks before firefighters and paramedics could free the woman from beneath the train. Red Line trains were halted from 3:30 to 5 p.m. between Universal City and North Hollywood. Subway passengers were taken by bus between Universal City and North Hollywood. No one on board the train was injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. . Charles Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Firefighters wheel to an ambulance a British woman who officials said was critically injured when she attempted suicide Saturday afternoon by standing or kneeling on a Red Line subway track in front of an oncoming on·com·ing adj. Coming nearer; approaching: an oncoming storm. n. An approach; an advance. train. Mike Meadows/Special to the Daily News |
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