BART Medical Emergency: Man with walker hit by train after falling onto tracks at Balboa Station

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Monday, September 16, 2019
Man with walker falls onto BART tracks, into incoming train
A man was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital after he was hit by a BART train Sunday afternoon at the Balboa Park Station.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A man was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital after he was hit by a BART train Sunday afternoon at the Balboa Park Station.

The fire department says the man was on the platform with a walker when he accidentally fell onto the tracks, into an oncoming train.

They tweeted a photo of the rescue:

Firefighters rescued the man, but he suffered major injuries to his lower extremities.

He was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition.

Train service came to a stop for about an hour, but trains are now running back on schedule.