Person dies after falling off SEPTA platform in Old City

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Saturday, June 22, 2019
Person dies after falling on tracks of Market-Frankford Line in Old City
Person dies after falling on tracks of Market-Frankford Line in Old City. Gray Hall has more on Action News at 6 a.m. on June 22, 2019.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line was suspended for hours due to a tragedy on the tracks on Saturday morning.

SEPTA says a person fell off the platform ended up under a train and died.

It happened around 3:15 a.m. at the 2nd Street Station in Old City.

Operations on the Market-Frankford Line resumed just before 7 a.m.

Further details surrounding the incident are still being investigated.