Glen Park BART Death Believed To Be A Suicide

The man who was crushed under a BART train shortly before the evening commute yesterday afternoon was an apparent suicide, BART police say.

The man's name has only been identified as a 55-year-old San Francisco man, but after talking to witnesses who were on the platform before the incident around 4 p.m. yesterday, BART detective Rock Martinez said, "all signs point to a suicide." The man was reportedly stuck under the train and was still breathing about 20 minutes after BART police first responded to the scene, but he was pronounced dead shortly after.

Previously: Man Crushed by BART Train at Glen Park Station, Major Delays In Both Directions
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