Man dies after being struck by BART train in Union City

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A BART train struck and killed a man on the tracks Friday morning at the Union City station, halting rail service at the stop for nearly two and a half hours, officials said.

The incident occurred around 9:27 a.m., according to BART. Trains were turning back at the South Hayward and Fremont stations.

Police do not suspect foul play, said Chris Filippi, a BART spokesman. Officials did not release the identity of the man.

AC Transit’s Line 99 bus is provided a bridge between the South Hayward, Union City and Fremont stations. The station reopened at noon Friday.

We can confirm that a person has been struck by a train at Union City station. We have no updates on the conditions of the person.



Train service at Union City station remains shut down. @rideact Line 99 provides parallel service between South Hayward, Union City and Fremont. — SFBART (@SFBART) June 28, 2019

This was the third BART mishap in the East Bay in a week after a new Fleet of the Future train broke down between Oakland’s Lake Merritt and 12th Street stations on Monday, forcing hundreds of passengers to walk in a tunnel connecting the two platforms.

Last Friday, a fallen PG&E cable damaged a BART train and shut down Fruitvale Station for an hour and a half.

A bicyclist was also hit Friday morning by a SMART train in Rohnert Park, stopping rail service in Sonoma County as officials investigated. SMART trains were also delayed on Thursday in Rohnert Park after a woman was struck and killed, city officials said.

Gwendolyn Wu is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: gwendolyn.wu@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @gwendolynawu