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Fire, police and ambulance crews were on scene Tuesday afternoon after a person was “trapped” by an LRT train at Churchill Station.

In a tweet, the Edmonton Transit Service said there is a “major” LRT disruption “due to an incident at track level” at the downtown Edmonton transit hub. Bus replacement service was being arranged to run between Central and Stadium LRT stations.

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Police spokeswoman Cheryl Voordenhout said a young man was struck by a train and that police have deemed the incident non-criminal. The man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Edmonton fire spokeswoman Suzzette Mellado said six fire rescue crews were on scene after receiving a call at 3:47 p.m. that a person was “trapped by a train” at the station.

She did not know how the person was trapped.

City spokesman Rowan Anderson said “the person purposely jumped in front of the train.”

LRT service was fully restored by 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.