Man struck, killed by SEPTA subway train in Philadelphia following altercation: police
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A man died after being struck by a SEPTA subway train in Philadelphia's University City section on Thursday following a "physical altercation," SEPTA police said.
The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on the eastbound platform at 34th Street Station on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line.
SEPTA said there was a physical altercation between two men and one of them ended up on the tracks. The man on the tracks was then struck by a train and pronounced dead once medics arrived.
A person of interest was later taken into custody in the area of 40th and Market Streets, Kpana Massaquoi, an inspector with the Philadelphia Police Department, said.
The incident shut down service between 30th and 40th Street Stations and SEPTA provided shuttle buses to riders between the stations.
SEPTA is reviewing surveillance video of the incident.
Massaquoi said the death is under investigation as a homicide.