Happy New Year: Man ‘appearing’ drunk falls on tracks, delays Metro

One of the first Metro delays of 2020 came after a man fell onto the tracks at the Anacostia station in Southeast D.C. on Wednesday morning.

The incident caused a short disruption in Green Line service, but trains are now running on schedule.

D.C. Fire came to the station at about 9:30 to help an unconscious man who fell off the platform.

Metro officials said he appeared to be drunk. He was taken to the hospital but did not suffer serious injuries.

Dan Friedell

Dan Friedell is a digital writer for WTOP. He came to the D.C. area in 2007 to work as digital editor for USATODAY.com, and since then has worked for a number of local and national news organizations.

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