DC Metro service suspended after ‘unauthorized person’ runs on tracks

Service on a section of Washington’s Metrorail system has been suspended Friday afternoon after an “unauthorized person” ran on the tracks in Southeast D.C., shortly after President Trump’s inauguration ceremony on the National Mall.

Metro police were still actively searching for the man as of 1 p.m., according to a Metro spokesperson. He was spotted running on the tracks between Naylor Road and Southern Avenue on the Green Line, but it’s “unclear how he may have exited,” the spokesperson said.

Service will remain suspended between Anacostia and Branch Avenue on the Green Line until police finish conducting an inspection of the tracks.

{mosads}There was already a stepped-up security presence along the transit system for the inauguration, which expected anti-Trump protests to erupt throughout the day.

Third-rail power on the system was cut as soon as the unauthorized person was reported, forcing Metro to evacuate 29 passengers from a train on the trackbed near Naylor Road. Police safely escorted the riders to the station platform, according to the spokesperson.