Person struck, killed by Broad Street Line SEPTA train in Center City Philadelphia

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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Person struck, killed by Broad Street Line SEPTA train in Center City Philadelphia
A person has died after being struck by a SEPTA train on the Broad Street Line Thursday morning.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A person has died after being struck by a SEPTA Broad Street Line train in Philadelphia's Center City.

It happened around 5 a.m. on Thursday in the 300 block on N. Broad Street at the Race-Vine Station.

Rescue crews responded to a person under a train but the person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Express service was temporarily suspended in both directions but has since resumed.

SEPTA police are investigating.

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