Pleasant Hill BART station reopens after fatality

In this file photo a BART train pulls into the Pleasant Hill station.

In this file photo a BART train pulls into the Pleasant Hill station. Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Pleasant Hill BART station reopens after fatality 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

(05-15) 12:46 PDT WALNUT CREEK -- The Pleasant Hill/Contra Costa Centre BART Station reopened Thursday afternoon, hours after a man was struck and killed by a train in an apparent suicide, officials said.

The man apparently jumped in front of a train at the station on Treat Boulevard in Walnut Creek about 10 a.m., according to BART police. The victim, whose name wasn't released, died at the scene.

Trains were single-tracked through the station until service resumed about 12:30 p.m.