Pedestrian critically injured in Metro train collision at Branch Ave station
A man was critically hurt after being struck by a Metro train at Branch Ave station, and Green Line riders saw delays as crews responded.
A man was critically injured after being struck by a Metro train at Branch Ave Metro Station, and Green Line service was delayed as Prince George’s County Fire/EMS and transit officials responded to the scene near the southern edge of the county.
Prince George’s County Fire/EMS said the collision happened around 6:23 p.m. at the station in Suitland, Maryland, near Auth Road, Old Soper Road and the Capital Beltway. The adult male was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
WMATA said the incident affected Green Line service. Branch Ave is the last stop on the southern end of the line, which runs between Branch Avenue and Greenbelt and has 21 stations through Prince George’s County and Washington. Station schedules and rider tools list Branch Ave as the line’s terminal station, with trains turning back there after reaching the end of the route.
The station opened in 2001 and serves a busy transit corridor that connects southern Prince George’s County with the rest of the Metrorail system. Prince George’s County counts 15 Metrorail stations, including Branch Avenue, and the station’s location at the edge of the Capital Beltway makes it a key transfer point for commuters traveling between local neighborhoods, park-and-ride lots and destinations farther north.
Officials had not released the man’s identity or a detailed account of how he came into contact with the train. No additional official explanation for the strike was immediately available, and investigators had not publicly described whether the man was on the tracks, crossing the station area or otherwise in a restricted zone when the collision occurred.
WMATA’s police crime statistics page says Metro Transit Police publishes daily blotter reports and statistical reports, but no station-specific pattern was immediately tied to the Branch Ave crash. For riders in Prince George’s County, the collision briefly turned one of the county’s most important rail gateways into an active emergency scene and knocked service off schedule on the Green Line’s southern end.
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