FROM ABC NEWS WASHINGTON DC:
Update: Normal service has resumed for the Metro after a woman fell on the tracks at a downtown subway station, but there are long delays.
We now know a 68 year old woman fell on the tracks at the Gallery Place station on the red line. It does not appear the woman was hit by the train but the woman has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
Gallery Place and Metro Center stations were closed for nearly an hour while authorities investigated.
Red-line trains turned around at Judiciary Square and Farragut North.
Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith says it's not clear how the woman ended up on the tracks.
Metro is advising passengers to stand at least two feet away from the platform edge for their safety.
Woman Falls on Metro Tracks in D.C.
Metro officials say a person has been struck by a subway train on the red line, prompting officials to close two stations and turn around some trains.
Officials with the Washington area's transit system says the person was struck at the Gallery Place station; red-line trains are turning around at Judiciary Square and Farragut North.
Both the Gallery Place and Metro Center stations are closed, forcing people to walk further to reach the National Mall.
Metro spokesman Doug Karas says the incident happened shortly before 9:30. He says it's not clear whether crowding on the platforms is to blame.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro officials say someone fell onto the tracks at the Gallery Place station on the red line, prompting officials to turn around some trains.
Metro spokesman Doug Karas says the Gallery Place station is closed and red-line trains are turning around at Judiciary Square
and Farragut North. The closure is forcing people to walk further to reach the National mall.
Karas says the incident happened shortly before 9:30. He says it's not clear whether crowding on the platforms is to blame.
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