Updated at 10:53 a.m.Officials said the person who was struck earlier Monday morning by a Metro train has died. D.C. fire officials wrote in a Twitter message that the incident is now a “recovery operation rather than a rescue situation.”L'Enfant Plaza @wmata update: Sadly, this is now a recovery operation rather than a rescue situation. Original post at 10:15 a.m.Metro riders should expect delays after a person was struck by a train at the L’Enfant Plaza station. Trains are sharing a track on the Blue and Orange lines between the Smithsonian and Federal Center SW stops. #wmata ^SR — Rail Transit OPS (@RailTransitOPS) August 28, 2017Details about the person’s condition weren’t immediately known.

Source: Washington Post August 28, 2017 14:11 UTC