June 28, 2015
Mary Jones/Twitter
Passengers wait at the Glenside SEPTA stop after being transported from Ambler following an incident where a train fatally struck a woman.
A woman was fatally struck by a SEPTA train in Ambler Sunday morning, NBC Philadelphia reports.
The incident occurred on the Lansdale/Doylestown line around 11:00 a.m. The woman was reportedly standing in a restricted area when she was struck.
Service was temporarily suspended on the line between Doylestown and Glenside following the incident due to police activity. SEPTA has since posted delay information on the Lansdale/Doylestown line.
Doylestown: Train #551 going to Malvern is operating 11 minutes late. Last at Del Val College.
— SEPTA (@SEPTA) June 28, 2015
NBC reports that passengers on the train were transported on buses after the accident. A Twitter user posted a photo of passengers taken from the Ambler stop to the Glenside stop.
Looks like they bused over everyone from Ambler because of the accident, but still no train. #septa pic.twitter.com/4kGkwOH41p
— Mary Jones (@tlachtga) June 28, 2015
Police are investigating the incident.
