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# North Berkeley BART closed by possible train strike
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2025/06/09/traffic-safety/north-berkeley-bart-closed-possible-train-strike/
- Published: 2025-06-09T17:47:25.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-14T02:57:53.000Z
- Description: Firefighters found a woman under the first BART car, breathing but unresponsive, and performed an extrication, according to radio traffic.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: Traffic safety, North Berkeley, Breaking news, Community, #articles, Berkeley Fire

A person was taken to the hospital Monday morning after possibly being struck by a BART train in Berkeley, authorities report.

As of about 10:40 a.m., the [North Berkeley](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/north-berkeley/) BART station was closed due to the ongoing investigation.

BART said there was a "major delay" as of about 10:30 a.m. on the Richmond line in all directions. 

**Scroll down for updates to the story.**

" North Berkeley station is currently closed due to a medical emergency," BART said in a prepared statement. "Preliminary information is a person entered the trackway and a collision may have occurred with a train a person has been removed from the trackway and is being transported to a hospital."

The incident appears to have started around 10:10 a.m.

> There is a delay developing on the Richmond Line due to a major medical emergency at North Berkeley station. North Berkeley station is currently closed.
> 
> — BART Alert (@SFBARTalert) [June 9, 2025](https://twitter.com/SFBARTalert/status/1932122659166306733?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=berkeleyscanner.com)

There is currently no red line service, BART said.

Millbrae riders from Richmond can take the orange Berryessa train and transfer at MacArthur to a yellow SFO train.

Stay tuned for updates.

**Update, 11:05 a.m.** The North Berkeley BART station has reopened and red line service has resumed following "an earlier problem," BART reported.

"There is a major delay on the Richmond Line in all directions due to an earlier major medical emergency at North Berkeley station," the agency said at about 10:55 a.m.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2025/06/IMG_3090.jpg)

North Berkeley BART riders wait outside the closed station Monday morning. [**Scanner Insider*](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/support/#become-a-scanner-insider-by-sharing-tips)

**Update, 11:15 a.m.** According to radio traffic reviewed by The Scanner, the [Berkeley Fire Department](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/berkeley-fire-department/) was dispatched to the North Berkeley BART station to investigate a report of a person under a train just before 10:05 a.m.

Responding firefighters found a woman underneath the first train car, breathing but unresponsive, according to radio traffic.

Berkeley firefighters performed an extrication and had removed the patient by about 10:20 a.m.

BFD rushed the individual to Highland Hospital, Code 3, several minutes later.

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