Foot found on BART tracks 22 days after woman was hit by train

Passengers wait for a San Francisco bound train at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. The station was briefly closed Monday morning after a human body part was found on the tracks. Passengers wait for a San Francisco bound train at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. The station was briefly closed Monday morning after a human body part was found on the tracks. Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Foot found on BART tracks 22 days after woman was hit by train 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

The Downtown Berkeley BART Station was briefly closed Monday morning after overnight maintenance crews discovered a severed human foot on the tracks, officials said, though no foul play is suspected.

Around 3 a.m., crews performing track maintenance at the station made the macabre discovery and alerted police, who promptly closed the station, said Jim Allison, a BART spokesman.

The foot is believed to belong to a woman who became trapped under a train at the station on Dec. 20. She survived the incident but lost part of her right leg in the process, Allison said.

No wrongdoing was suspected in relation to the discovery.

BART police contacted the Alameda County coroner, and the foot was removed, Allison said.

The station reopened around 4:20 a.m., and the incident did not result in any delays.

Kale Williams is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: kwilliams@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @sfkale