Two BART stations close due to medical emergencies

A file photo of people boarding a train at the BART Embarcadero station. A file photo of people boarding a train at the BART Embarcadero station. Photo: Michael Short, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Michael Short, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Two BART stations close due to medical emergencies 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

Two BART stations shut down due to people under trains.

No trains were stopping at the downtown Berkeley BART station due to a fatality on the tracks, according to BART police.

The rail service is single-tracking cars through the station, so service is continuing through the area. The body was discovered just before 7 p.m., which shut down the station.

The Embarcadero station was also also closed following an 8:54 p.m. report of a person under a train. The condition of the victim was unknown.

Trains were single-tracking through the Embarcadero station as well.

The Alameda County Coroner was en route to the Berkeley scene at 8:30 p.m. and the station was not expected to reopen for at least another hour.

Passengers were experiencing 15-minute delays on the SF-Daly City and Richmond lines.

Jill Tucker is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: jtucker@sfchronicle.com