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NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (AP) — Amtrak says all rail traffic on its line between Washington and Baltimore was halted after a man was struck by an Acela Express train near New Carrollton.
Amtrak spokeswoman Karina Van Veen says northbound train 2150 had left Washington at 5 a.m. Wednesday and struck the person at 5:08 a.m. All Amtrak traffic in both directions was suspended.
The disruption also affected MARC’s Penn Line service, which uses the Amtrak line. MARC announced service had resumed, but with expected delays, at 7:10 a.m.
Van Veen says the injured man was airlifted to a local hospital. MARC reported the man had died, but Van Veen could not confirm that. The Prince George’s County Fire Department says the man was about 35-years-old and was transported to an area trauma center in critical condition.
Van Veen says no one on the Acela train was injured.
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