A man died Saturday after falling onto Metro Red Line tracks in a tunnel between Universal City and North Hollywood.
Officers were called to the 5300 block of Lankershim Boulevard, south of Chandler Boulevard, at 2:51 p.m. and requested an ambulance for a person on the tracks who was unconscious and not breathing, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Tony Im.The 30-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
There was no indication that one of the electric-powered trains struck the man, but Im said,"He was in a place where he should not be."Sign up for our free Olympics Headlines newsletter. The Los Angeles Fire Department had reported the dead man was in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard at 3:37 p.m.
"Metro expresses its sympathy for the tragic death that occurred in a cross passage between the North Hollywood and University City stations on the B Line this afternoon," said Metro spokesman Jose Ubaldo."Metro reminds the public to never walk on train tracks and to stand behind the yellow line on all rail station platforms,'' Ubaldo said.
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