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Person Struck By Muni Train

Broad St & Capitol Ave

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  • A person was struck by a Muni train on the inbound M line at Broad St and Capitol Ave in San Francisco. The individual was bumped but not directly hit and remains mobile. Emergency responders are on the scene.

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A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Broad St & Capitol Ave.

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A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Broad St & Capitol Ave.

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A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Broad St & Capitol Ave.

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A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at Broad St & Capitol Ave.

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SFPD G /H /I Mobiles [TE] · Aug 17, 7:47PM · 0:07
5 David clarifying for the 519 at Broad and Capitol. The victim is still moving, was bumped into by the train, did not get hit by the train.
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SFPD G /H /I Mobiles [TE] · Aug 17, 7:47PM · 0:06
The train is 2135 and 2181 M as in Mary line inbound.
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SFFD A2 N/W Dispatch · Aug 17, 7:35PM · 0:13
Unit dispatch, Engine 33, Truck 15, Battalion 9, Medic 512. The location is Broad at Capitol. This is for a Muni train versus a pedestrian on Control 3. Police are en route. So, standby for an RC.
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Comments12

CornloafAug 18 at 8:07 AM

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some

CornloafAug 18 at 8:08 AM

sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.

counterspriteAug 17 at 7:49 PM

just another tweaker. is the train ok?

dame46Aug 17 at 9:20 PM

A human life 🧬🙏

DJC2027Aug 18 at 9:03 AM

This so typical of people. Trying to get an easy pay out. Muni has cameras so don’t think he’s going to get paid so quickly.

SanFranciscoUser662299018Aug 18 at 9:17 AM

They did this to themselves you can’t miss a train huge and loud or they tried to beat like people do with these scooters and bikes makes no sense

CornloafAug 18 at 8:07 AM

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some

CornloafAug 18 at 8:08 AM

sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.

counterspriteAug 17 at 7:49 PM

just another tweaker. is the train ok?

dame46Aug 17 at 9:20 PM

A human life 🧬🙏

DJC2027Aug 18 at 9:03 AM

This so typical of people. Trying to get an easy pay out. Muni has cameras so don’t think he’s going to get paid so quickly.

SanFranciscoUser662299018Aug 18 at 9:17 AM

They did this to themselves you can’t miss a train huge and loud or they tried to beat like people do with these scooters and bikes makes no sense

CornloafAug 18 at 8:07 AM

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some

CornloafAug 18 at 8:08 AM

sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.

counterspriteAug 17 at 7:49 PM

just another tweaker. is the train ok?

dame46Aug 17 at 9:20 PM

A human life 🧬🙏

DJC2027Aug 18 at 9:03 AM

This so typical of people. Trying to get an easy pay out. Muni has cameras so don’t think he’s going to get paid so quickly.

SanFranciscoUser662299018Aug 18 at 9:17 AM

They did this to themselves you can’t miss a train huge and loud or they tried to beat like people do with these scooters and bikes makes no sense

CornloafAug 18 at 8:07 AM

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some

CornloafAug 18 at 8:08 AM

sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.

counterspriteAug 17 at 7:49 PM

just another tweaker. is the train ok?

dame46Aug 17 at 9:20 PM

A human life 🧬🙏

DJC2027Aug 18 at 9:03 AM

This so typical of people. Trying to get an easy pay out. Muni has cameras so don’t think he’s going to get paid so quickly.

SanFranciscoUser662299018Aug 18 at 9:17 AM

They did this to themselves you can’t miss a train huge and loud or they tried to beat like people do with these scooters and bikes makes no sense

CornloafAug 18 at 8:07 AM

Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some

CornloafAug 18 at 8:08 AM

sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.

counterspriteAug 17 at 7:49 PM

just another tweaker. is the train ok?

dame46Aug 17 at 9:20 PM

A human life 🧬🙏

DJC2027Aug 18 at 9:03 AM

This so typical of people. Trying to get an easy pay out. Muni has cameras so don’t think he’s going to get paid so quickly.

SanFranciscoUser662299018Aug 18 at 9:17 AM

They did this to themselves you can’t miss a train huge and loud or they tried to beat like people do with these scooters and bikes makes no sense

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